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APPENDIX
TABLE OF CONTENTS: APPENDIX
1. Overview of Japan’s National Land
Fig. A-1 Worldwide Hypocenter Distribution (for Magnitude 6 and Higher Earthquakes)
and Plate Boundaries ..................................................................................................... 1
Fig. A-2 Distribution of Volcanoes Worldwide ............................................................................ 1
Fig. A-3 Subduction Zone Earthquake Areas and Major Active Faults in Japan .......................... 2
Fig. A-4 Distribution of Active Volcanoes in Japan ...................................................................... 4
2. Disasters in Japan
Fig. A-5 Major Earthquake Damage in Japan (Since the Meiji Period) ....................................... 5
Fig. A-6 Major Natural Disasters in Japan Since 1945 ................................................................. 6
Fig. A-7 Number of Fatalities and Missing Persons Due to Natural Disasters ............................. 8
Fig. A-8 Breakdown of the Number of Fatalities and Missing Persons Due to Natural
Disasters ......................................................................................................................... 9
Fig. A-9 Recent Major Natural Disasters (Since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake) ............ 10
Fig. A-10 Establishment of Extreme Disaster Management Headquarters and Major
Disaster Management Headquarters ........................................................................... 21
Fig. A-11 Dispatchment of Government Investigation Teams (Since the Great Hanshin-
Awaji Earthquake) ........................................................................................................ 22
Fig. A-12 Application of the Disaster Relief Act (Since the Great Hanshin-Awaji
Earthquake) .................................................................................................................. 25
Fig. A-13 Designations of Extremely Severe Disasters in the Past Five Years ........................... 30
Fig. A-14 Response of Government Ministries and Agencies to Major Disasters Since 2019 .. 32
Fig. A-15 Trends in Facility Damage and the Amount and as a Percentage of Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) .............................................................................................. 40
Fig. A-16 Facility Damage Due to Disasters in 2017, by Hazard ................................................ 40
Fig. A-17 Comparison of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, the Great East Japan
Earthquake, and the Sumatra Earthquake ................................................................... 41
Fig. A-18 Damage Estimate for the Great East Japan Earthquake ............................................ 42
Fig. A-19 Main Volcanic Eruptions and Volcanic Disasters in Japan .......................................... 43
Fig. A-20 Number of Sediment Disasters .................................................................................. 44
Fig. A-21 Increase in the frequency of short-duration downpours ........................................... 44
Fig. A-22 Number of Tornados .................................................................................................. 45
Fig. A-23 Major Natural Disasters in the World Since 1900 ...................................................... 46
Fig. A-24 Top 10 Largest Earthquakes Since 1900 ..................................................................... 49
Fig. A-25 Major Natural Disasters Since 2019 ........................................................................... 49
3. Laws and Systems
Fig. A-26 Evolution of Disaster Management Laws and Systems Since 1945 ........................... 52
Fig. A-27 Major Disaster Management Laws by Type of Disaster ............................................. 53
Fig. A-28 Structure of the Basic Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction ............................................. 54
Fig. A-29 Revisions to the Basic Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction ............................................. 55
4. Organizations
Fig. A-30 Organization of the National Disaster Management Council .................................... 57
Fig. A-31 Recent Meetings of the National Disaster Management Council (Since 2011) ......... 58
Fig. A-32 Status of the Establishment of National Disaster Management Council
Committees for Technical Investigation ....................................................................... 59
Fig. A-33 Disaster Risk Management Budgets by Year .............................................................. 60
Fig. A-34 Earthquake Emergency Development Project Plans .................................................. 62
Fig. A-35 Estimated Budgets of Five-Year Plans for Emergency Earthquake Disaster
Management Project .................................................................................................... 63
6. Disaster Management Facilities and Equipment
Fig. A-36 Number of Red Cross Hospitals, Emergency Medical Centers, and Disaster Base
Hospitals ....................................................................................................................... 64
Fig. A-37 Seismic Reinforcement of Public Infrastructure......................................................... 65
Fig. A-38 Trends in the Seismic Reinforcement Rate of Public Facilities That Serve as
Disaster Management Bases ........................................................................................ 66
Fig. A-39 Seismic Reinforcement of Public Elementary and Junior High Schools ..................... 66
7. Trends in Numbers of Workers in Disaster Management
Fig. A-40 Numbers of Fire Corps Volunteers ............................................................................. 67
Fig. A-41 Age Composition Ratios among Fire Corps Volunteers ............................................. 67
Fig. A-42 Numbers of Flood Fighting Corps Personnel .............................................................. 68
Fig. A-43 Numbers of Voluntary Disaster Management Organizations .................................... 68
Fig. A-44 Female Representation in Local Disaster Management Councils (by Prefecture,
2019) ............................................................................................................................ 69
8. Various Policies and Measures
Fig. A-45 Hazard Map Development ......................................................................................... 70
Fig. A-46 Formulation of Official Announcement Criteria for Evacuation
Recommendations in Municipalities ............................................................................ 70
Fig. A-47 Communication Method of Evacuation Instructions in Municipalities ..................... 71
Fig. A-48 Assistance based on Mutual Support Agreements between Prefectures and
Support Agreements with Private-Sector Institutions ................................................. 72
Fig. A-49 Mutual Support Agreements in Municipalities .......................................................... 73
Fig. A-50 Municipalities’ Support Agreements with Private-Sector Institutions ...................... 74
Fig. A-51 Disaster Management Drill Implementation ............................................................. 75
Fig. A-52 Earthquake Disaster Management Drill Implementation .......................................... 76
Fig. A-53 Implementation of Tsunami Countermeasures ......................................................... 77
9. Japan's International Cooperation
Fig. A-54 List of Cooperation Projects Conducted by Ministries and Agencies ........................ 78
Fig. A-55 Technical Cooperation Projects in Disaster Risk Reduction (FY2019) ........................ 82
10. Others
Fig. A-56 Number of Earthquake Insurance Contracts .............................................................. 85
Fig. A-57 Awareness of Self-Help, Mutual Support, and Public Support Measures ................. 85
Fig. A-58 Tables Explaining the Japan Meteorological Agency Seismic Intensity Scale ............ 86
Fig. A-59 Emergency Warning Issuance Criteria ....................................................................... 90
Fig. A-60 Evacuation Information Using Five Warning Levels of Warning (Flood and
Landslide Disasters) ...................................................................................................... 91
List of Acronyms ................................................................................................... 92
A-1
1. Overview of Japan’s National Land Fig. A-1 Worldwide Hypocenter Distribution (for Magnitude 6 and Higher Earthquakes) and Plate
Boundaries
Note: 2010–2019 Source: Formulated by the Japan Meteorological Agency based on earthquake data from the U.S. Geological Survey Fig. A-2 Distribution of Volcanoes Worldwide
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency
Eurasian Plate
North American Plate
Philippine Sea Plate
Pacific Plate
Antarctic Plate
African Plate
South American Plate
Indo-Australian Plate
Fig. A-1
Fig. A-2
A-2
Fig. A-3 Subduction Zone Earthquake Areas and Major Active Faults in Japan
Subduction Zone Earthquake Areas
Major Active Faults
Source: Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion
Enlarged
Number
Hokkaido region 101~
Tohoku region 201~
Kanto region 301~
Chubu region 401~
Kinki region 501~
Chugoku region 601~
Shikoku region 701~
Kyushu region 801~
Okinawa region 901~
Fig. A-3
A-3
No. Name of Fault No. Name of Fault
101 Sarobetsu fault zone 424 Byoubuyama Enasan fault zone & Sanageyama fault zone
102 Shibetsu fault zone 425 Shoukawa fault zone
103 Tokachi-heiya fault zone 426 Nagaragawa-joryu fault zone
104 Furano fault zone 427 Fukui-heiya-toen fault zone
105 Mashike-sanchi-toen fault zone · Numata-Sunagawa fault zone
428 Noubi fault zone
106 Toubetsu fault 429 Yanagase Sekigahara fault zone
107 Ishikari-teichi-toen fault zone 430 Nosaka Shufukuji fault zone
108 Kuromatsunai-teichi fault zone 431 Kohoku-sanchi fault zone
109 Hakodate-heiya-seien fault zone 432 Yoro-Kuwana-Yokkaichi
201 Aomori-wan-seigan fault zone 433 Isewan fault zone
202 Tsugaru-sanchi-seien fault zone 501 Suzuka-toen fault zone
203 Oritsume fault 502 Nunobiki-sanchi-toen fault zone
204 Hanawa-higashi fault zone 503 Suzuka-seien fault zone
205 Noshiro fault zone 504 Tongu fault
206 Kitakami-teichi-seien fault zone 505 Kizugawa fault zone
207 Shizukuishi-bonchi-seien - Mahiru-sanchi-toen fault zone
506 Biwako-seigan fault zone
208 Yokote-bonchi-toen fault zone 507 Mikata Hanaore fault zone
209 Kitayuri fault 508 Sourthern fault zone of Kyoto-bonchi-Nara-bonchi (Nara-bonchi-toen fault zone)
210 Shinjo-bonchi fault zone 509 Yamada fault zone
211 Yamagata-bonchi fault zone 510 Mitoke Kyoto Nishiyama fault zone
212 Shonai-heiya-toen fault zone 511 Ikoma fault zone
213 Nagai-bonchi-seien fault zone 512 Uemachi fault zone
214 Nagamachi-Rifu Line fault zone 513 Arima-Takatsuki fault zone
215 Fukushima-bonchi-seien fault zone 514 Rokko Awajishima fault zone
216 Futaba fault 515 Osaka-wan fault zone
217 Aizu-bonchi-seien-toen fault zone 516 Yamasaki fault zone
301 Sekiya fault 601 Shikano-Yoshioka fault
302 Okubo fault 602 Shinji (Kashima) fault
303 Fukaya Fault Zone and the Ayasegawa Fault (Kanto-heiya hokuseien fault zone and Motoarakawa fault zone)
603 Chojagahara-Yoshii fault
304 Tachikawa fault zone 604 Yasaka fault
305 Isehara fault 605 Jifuku fault
306 Shiozawa fault zone, Hirayama-Matsuda-kita fault zone and Kouzu-Matsuda fault zone (Kannawa Kouzu-Matsuda fault zone)
606 Tsutsuga fault
307 Miura-hanto fault group 607 Hiroshima-wan-Iwakuni-oki fault zone
308 Kamogawa-teichi fault zone 608 Akinada fault zone
401 Kitaizu fault zone 609 Iwakuni-Itsukaichi fault zone
402 Fujikawa-kako fault zone 610 Oharako fault
403 Minobu fault 611 Ogori fault
404 Sone-kyuryo fault zone 612 Suounada fault zone
405 Kushigata-sanmyaku fault zone 613 Kikugawa fault zone
406 Tsukioka fault zone 701 Chuo-kozosen fault zone (Kongo-sanchi-toen – Iyonada)
407 Nagaoka-heiya-seien fault zone 702 Nagao fault zone
408 Muikamachi fault zone 801 Fukuchiyama fault zone
409 Tokamachi fault zone 802 Nishiyama fault zone
410 Takada-heiya fault zone 803 Umi fault
411 Nagano-bonchi-seien fault zone (Shinanogawa fault zone)
804 Kego fault zone
412 Itoigawa-Shizuoka-kozosen fault zone 805 Hinata-toge-Okasagi-toge fault zone
413 Sakaitoge Kamiya fault zone 806 Minoh fault zone
414 Inadani fault zone 807 Saga-heiya-hokuen fault zone
415 Kiso-sanmyaku-seien fault zone 809 Unzen fault group
416 Uozu fault zone 810 Futagawa-Hinagu fault zone
417 Tonami-heiya fault zone · Kurehayama fault zone 811 Midorikawa fault zone
418 Ouchigata fault zone 812 Hitoyoshi-bonchi-nanen fault
419 Morimoto Togashi fault zone 813 Izumi fault zone
420 Ushikubi fault zone 814 Koshiki fault zone
421 Atotsugawa fault zone 815 Hijiu fault zone
422 Takayama Oppara fault zone 816 Haneyama-Kuenohirayama fault zone
423 Atera fault zone 901 Miyakojima fault zone
Source: Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion
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Fig. A-4 Distribution of Active Volcanoes in Japan
Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office from the Japan Meteorological Agency website (As of March 2018)
N32°
N28°
N24°
Beyonesu (Bayonnaise) RocksSumisujima (Smith Rocks)Izu-Torishima
Nishinoshima
Kaitoku SeamountFunka AsaneIotoKita-FukutokutaiFukutoku-Oka-no-Ba
Minami-Hiyoshi Seamount
E140° E144°
SashiusudakeOdamoisan
Oshima-Oshima
Moyorodake
Chirippusan
Etorofu-YakeyamaBerutarubesan
Etorofu- Atosanupuri
Chachadake
RaususanTomariyama
Shiretoko-Iozan
Rausudake
Atosanupuri
Mashu
Meakandake
Taisetsuzan
Maruyama
Tokachidake
Eniwadake
Usuzan
Hokkaido-Komagatake
Tarumaesan
Esan
KuttaraOsorezan
Iwakisan
TowadaHakkodasan
HachimantaiIwatesan
Akita-Yakeyama
KurikomayamaNaruko
Zaozan(Zaosan)
Adatarayama
Chokaisan
Akita-Komagatake
Nasudake
Nikko-ShiranesanAkagisan
HarunasanFujisanHakoneyama
Izu-Oshima
Izu-Tobu Volcanoes
NiijimaKozushima
HachijojimaAogashima
MidagaharaYakedake
NorikuradakeHakusan
OntakesanBandaisan
Hiuchigatake
Tsurumidake and Garandake
Unzendake
Kirishimayama
Sakurajima
Kaimondake
Satsuma-Iojima
Kuchinoerabujima
Nakanoshima
Suwanosejima
Asamayama
Myokosan
Niigata-Yakeyama
Ruruidake
Rishirizan
YoteizanNiseko
Hijiori
Numazawa
Takaharayama
Akandanayama
YokodakeToshima
Mikurajima
Sofugan
Kaikata Seamount
Nikko Seamount
SanbesanAbu Volcanoes
Yufudake
Fukue Volcanoes
Yonemaru and Sumiyoshiike
Wakamiko
Ikeda and Yamagawa
Kuchinoshima
Azumayama
: Continuously monitored volcanoes (50)
: Active volcanoes (111)
Asosan Miyakejima
Nansei Islands
Submarine Volcano NNE of Iriomotejima
Io-Torishima
Kujusan
Kusatsu-Shiranesan
Oakandake
Tenchozan
Nantaisan
Fig. A-4
A-5
2. Disasters in Japan Fig. A-5 Major Earthquake Damage in Japan (Since the Meiji Period)
Disaster Date Number of
Fatalities and Missing Persons
Nobi Earthquake (M8.0) October 28, 1891 7,273
Meiji Sanriku Earthquake and Tsunami (M8.25) June 15, 1896 Approx. 22,000
Great Kanto Earthquake (M7.9) September 1, 1923 Approx. 105,000
1927 Kita Tango Earthquake (M7.3) March 7, 1927 2,925
Showa Sanriku Earthquake Tsunami (M8.1) March 3, 1933 3,064
1943 Tottori Earthquake (M7.2) September 10, 1943 1,083
Tonankai Earthquake (M7.9) December 7, 1944 1,251
Mikawa Earthquake (M6.8) January 13, 1945 2,306
Nankai Earthquake (M8.0) December 21, 1946 1,443
Fukui Earthquake (M7.1) June 28, 1948 3,769
Tokachi-oki Earthquake (M8.2) March 4, 1952 33
1960 Chile Earthquake and Tsunami (Mw9.5) May 23, 1960 142
1964 Niigata Earthquake (M7.5) June 16, 1964 26
1968 Tokachi-oki Earthquake (M7.9) May 16, 1968 52
1974 Izu-hanto-oki Earthquake (M6.9) May 9, 1974 30
1978 Izu-Oshima-kinkai Earthquake (M7.0) January 14, 1978 25
1978 Miyagi-ken-oki Earthquake (M7.4) June 12, 1978 28
Nihon-kai-chubu Earthquake (M7.7) May 26, 1983 104
Nagano-ken-seibu Earthquake (M6.8) September 14, 1984 29
Hokkaido-nansei-oki Earthquake (M7.8) July 12, 1993 230
Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (M7.3) January 17, 1995 6,437
Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake (M6.8) October 23, 2004 68
Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake (M7.2) June 14, 2008 23
Great East Japan Earthquake * (Mw9.0) March 11, 2011 22,288
The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake (M6.5) (M7.3)
April 14, 2016 April 16
273
The 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake (M6.7) September 6, 2018 43
*Mw: Moment magnitude Notes: 1. The earthquakes listed before World War II are those with more than 1,000 fatalities and missing persons, while the
earthquakes listed after World War II are those with more than 20 fatalities and missing persons. 2. The number of fatalities and missing persons from the Great Kanto Earthquake are based on the revised Chronological
Scientific Table (2006), which changed the number from approximately 142,000 to approximately 105,000. 3. The number of fatalities and missing persons from the Southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake (Great Hanshin-Awaji
Earthquake) is the current figure as of May 19, 2006. The number of fatalities directly caused by structures collapsing, fire, and other factors caused by seismic shaking on the day of the earthquake, excluding so-called “related deaths,” is 5,515.
4. The number of fatalities (including disaster-related fatalities) and missing persons from the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami (Great East Japan Earthquake) is the current figure as of March 1, 2020.
5. The details given for the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake is the current figure as of April 12, 2019 (including disaster-related fatalities).
Source: Chronological Scientific Tables, Fire and Disaster Management Agency materials, National Police Agency materials, Comprehensive List of Destructive Earthquakes in Japan, Extreme Disaster Management Headquarters materials, Major Disaster Management Headquarters materials
Fig. A-5
A-6
Fig. A-6 Major Natural Disasters in Japan Since 1945
Date Disaster Main Affected Areas Number of
Fatalities and Missing
January 13, 1945 Mikawa Earthquake (M6.8) Southern Aichi 2,306 September 17-18, 1945 Typhoon Makurazaki Western Japan (Especially in Hiroshima) 3,756 December 21, 1946 Nankai Earthquake (M8.0) Various Places in West of Chubu 1,443 August 14, 1947 Mt. Asama Eruption Around Mt. Asama 11 September 14-15, 1947 Typhoon Kathleen North of Tokai 1,930 June 28, 1948 Fukui Earthquake (M7.1) Around the Fukui Plains 3,769 September 15-17, 1948 Typhoon Ione From Shikoku into Tohoku (Especially in Iwate) 838 September 2-4, 1950 Typhoon Jane North of Shikoku (Especially in Osaka) 539 October 13-15, 1951 Typhoon RUTH (5115) Nationwide (Especially in Yamaguchi) 943 March 4, 1952 Tokachi-oki Earthquake (M8.2) Southern Hokkaido, Northern Tohoku 33 June 25-29, 1953 Heavy Rains Kyushu, Shikoku, Chugoku (Especially Kitakyushu) 1,013 July 16-24, 1953 Torrential Rains West of Tohoku (Especially in Wakayama) 1,124 May 8-12, 1954 Storm Disaster Northern Japan, Kinki 670 September 25-27, 1954 Typhoon MARIE (5415) Nationwide (Especially in Hokkaido and Shikoku) 1,761 July 25-28, 1957 Torrential Rains Kyushu (Especially around Isahaya) 722 June 24, 1958 Mt. Aso Eruption Around Mt. Aso 12 September 26-28, 1958 Typhoon IDA (5822) East of Kinki (Especially in Shizuoka) 1,269 September 26-27, 1959 Typhoon VERA (5915) Nationwide (Except for Kyushu, especially in Aichi) 5,098
May 23, 1960 Chile Earthquake Tsunami Southern Coast of Hokkaido, Sanriku Coast, Shima Coast
142
January 1963 Heavy snowfall Hokuriku, Sanin, Yamagata, Shiga, Gifu 231 June 16, 1964 Niigata Earthquake (M7.5) Niigata, Akita, Yamagata 26
September 10-18, 1965 Typhoons SHIRLEY (6523), TRIX (6524), VIRGINIA (6525)
Nationwide (Especially in Tokushima, Hyogo, Fukui)
181
September 23-25, 1966 Typhoons HELEN (6624), IDA (6626) Chubu, Kanto, Tohoku (Especially in Shizuoka, Yamanashi)
317
July to August 1967 Torrential Rains West of Chubu, Southern Tohoku 256
May 16, 1968 Tokachi-oki Earthquake (M7.9) Southern Hokkaido and Tohoku Area centering around Aomori
52
July 3-15, 1972 Typhoons PHYLLIS (7206), RITA (7207), TESS (7209) and Torrential Rains
Nationwide (Especially in Kitakyushu, Shimane, Hiroshima)
447
May 9, 1974 Izu-hanto-oki Earthquake (M6.9) Southern Tip of Izu-hanto 30
September 8-14, 1976 Typhoon FRAN (7617) and Torrential Rains
Nationwide (Especially in Kagawa, Okayama) 171
January 1977 Snow Disasters Tohoku, Northern Kinki, Hokuriku 101 August 7, 1977- October 1978 Mt. Usu Eruption Hokkaido 3 January 14, 1978 Izu-Oshima-kinkai Earthquake (M7.0) Izu-hanto 25 June 12, 1978 Miyagi-ken-oki Earthquake (M7.4) Miyagi 28 October 17-20, 1979 Typhoon TIP (7920) Nationwide (Especially Tokai, Kanto, Tohoku) 115 December 1980 - March 1981 Snow Disasters Tohoku, Hokuriku 152
July to August 1982 Torrential Rains and Typhoon BESS (8210) Nationwide (Especially in Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Mie)
439
May 26, 1983 Nihon-kai-chubu Earthquake (M7.7) Akita, Aomori 104 July 20-29, 1983 Torrential Rains East of Sanin (Especially in Shimane) 117
October 3, 1983 Miyake Is. Eruption Around Miyake-jima Island - December 1983 - March 1984 Snow Disasters Tohoku, Hokuriku (Especially in Niigata, Toyama) 131 September 14, 1984 Nagano-ken-seibu Earthquake (M6.8) Western Nagano 29
November 15 - December 18, 1986 Izu-Oshima Eruption Izu Oshima Island - November 17, 1990 – June 3, 1995 Mt. Unzen Eruption Nagasaki 44 July 12, 1993 Hokkaido-nansei-oki Earthquake (M7.8) Hokkaido 230 July 31 - August7, 1993 Torrential Rains Nationwide 79
January 17, 1995 1995 Southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake (Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake) (M7.3)
Hyogo 6,437
March 31, 2000 - June 28, 2001 Mt. Usu Eruption Hokkaido -
June 25, 2001 - March 31, 2005 Miyake Is. Eruption and Niijima and Kozushima Is. Earthquake (M6.5)
Tokyo 1
October 20-21, 2004 Typhoon TOKAGE (0423) Nationwide 98 October 23, 2004 Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake (M6.8) Niigata 68 December 2005 - March 2006 Heavy Snowfall Japan Sea Coast centering around Hokuriku Area 152
July 16, 2007 Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake (M6.8)
Niigata 15
June 14, 2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake (M7.2) Tohoku (Especially in Miyagi, Iwate) 23
December 2010 - March 2011 Snow disaster From Northern Japan through into West Japan on the Japan Sea Coast
131
March 11, 2011 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami (Great East Japan Earthquake) (Mw9.0)
Eastern Japan (Especially in Miyagi, Iwate, Fukushima)
22,288
August 30 - September 5, 2011 Typhoon TALAS (1112) Kinki, Shikoku 98
Fig. A-6
A-7
Date Disaster Main Affected Areas Number of
Fatalities and Missing
November 2011 - March 2012 Heavy Snow in 2011 From Northern Japan through into West Japan on the Japan Sea Coast
133
November 2012 - March 2013 Heavy Snow in 2012 From Northern Japan through into West Japan on the Japan Sea Coast
104
November 2013 - May 2014 Heavy Snow in 2013 From Northern Japan through into Kanto-Koshinetsu Area (Especially in Yamanashi)
95
August 20, 2014 Torrential Rains of August 2014 (Hiroshima Sediment Disaster)
Hiroshima 77
September 27, 2014 2014 Eruption of Mt. Ontake Nagano, Gifu 63 April 14 and 16, 2014 The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake (M7.3) Kyushu Area (Especially in Kumamoto) 273
June 28 - July 8, 2018 The Heavy Rain Event of July 2018 Nationwide (Especially in Hiroshima, Okayama, Ehime)
271
September 6, 2018 The 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake (M6.7)
Hokkaido 43
October 10 – 13, 2019 Typhoon Hagibis (1919) Kanto, Tohoku Area 94
Notes: 1. The disasters listed resulted in fatalities and missing persons as follows: 500 or more for storm and flood disasters, 100 or more for snow
disasters, and 10 or more for earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. It also includes disasters for which governmental Major Disaster Management Headquarters were established based on the Basic Act on Disaster Management.
2. The number of fatalities and missing persons from the Southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake (Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake) is the current figure as of May 19, 2006. The number of fatalities directly caused by structures collapsing, fire, and other factors caused by seismic shaking on the day of the earthquake, excluding so-called “related deaths,” is 5,515.
3. The numbers of fatalities from the Miyake Is. Eruption and Niijima and Kozushima Is. Earthquake are from the earthquake of July 1, 2000. 4. The number of fatalities (including disaster-related fatalities) and missing persons resulting from the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami
(Great East Japan Earthquake) is the current figure as of March 1, 2020 (including disaster-related fatalities). 5. Disasters caused by 2019 Typhoon Hagibis, which affected wide areas chiefly in eastern Japan are as of April 10, 2020 Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on the meteorological almanac of Japan, Chronological Scientific Tables, National Police Agency
materials, Fire and Disaster Management Agency materials, Extreme Disaster Management Headquarters materials, Major Disaster Management Headquarters materials, and Hyogo Prefecture materials
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0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 1955 1957 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
(People)
(Year)
Main disasters: Mikawa Earthquake (2,306), TyphoonMakurazaki (3,756)
Main disaster: Fukui Earthquake (3,769)
Main disaster: Typhoon Isewan (5,098)
Main disaster: Nanki torrential rains (1,124)
Main disaster: Typhoon Touyamaru (1,761)
Major disaster: Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (6,437)
Main disaster: Typhoon Kathleen (1,930)
Major disaster: Great East Japan Earthquake (22,252) (as of March 1, 2019)
Main disaster: Nankai Earthquake (1,443)
Fig. A-7 Number of Fatalities and Missing Persons Due to Natural Disasters
Fig. A-7
Note: Of the fatalities in 1995, the deaths from the Southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake (Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake) include 919 so-called "related deaths" (Hyogo Prefecture). The fatalities and missing persons in 2019 are based on flash bulletins from the Cabinet Office.
Source: Fatalities and missing persons for the year 1945 came only from major disasters (source: Chronological Scientific Table). Years 1946–1952 use the Japanese Meteorological Disasters Annual Report; years 1953–1962 use National Police Agency documents; years 1963 and after formulated by the Cabinet Office based on Fire and Disaster Management Agency materials.
Year People Year People Year People Year People Year People
1945 6,062 1962 381 1979 208 1996 84 2013 173
1946 1,504 1963 575 1980 148 1997 71 2014 283
1947 1,950 1964 307 1981 232 1998 109 2015 77
1948 4,897 1965 367 1982 524 1999 141 2016 344
1949 975 1966 578 1983 301 2000 78 2017 129
1950 1,210 1967 607 1984 199 2001 90 2018 444
1951 1,291 1968 259 1985 199 2002 48 2019 114
1952 449 1969 183 1986 148 2003 62
1953 3,212 1970 163 1987 69 2004 327
1954 2,926 1971 350 1988 93 2005 148
1955 727 1972 587 1989 96 2006 177
1956 765 1973 85 1990 123 2007 39
1957 1,515 1974 324 1991 190 2008 101
1958 2,120 1975 213 1992 19 2009 115
1959 5,868 1976 273 1993 438 2010 89
1960 528 1977 174 1994 39 2011 22,515
1961 902 1978 153 1995 6,482 2012 190
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Fig. A-8 Breakdown of the Number of Fatalities and Missing Persons Due to Natural Disasters
(Unit: persons)
Year Storm/Flood Earthquake/
Tsunami Volcano Snow Other Total
1993 183 234 1 9 11 438
1994 8 3 0 21 7 39
1995 19 6,437 4 14 8 6,482
1996 21 0 0 28 35 84
1997 51 0 0 16 4 71
1998 80 0 0 28 1 109
1999 109 0 0 29 3 141
2000 19 1 0 52 6 78
2001 27 2 0 59 2 90
2002 20 0 0 26 2 48
2003 48 2 0 12 0 62
2004 240 68 0 16 3 327
2005 43 1 0 98 6 148
2006 87 0 0 88 2 177
2007 14 16 0 5 4 39
2008 22 24 0 48 7 101
2009 76 1 0 35 3 115
2010 31 0 0 57 1 89
2011 136 22,288 0 125 2 22,551
2012 52 0 0 138 0 190
2013 75 0 0 92 6 173
2014 112 0 63 108 0 283
2015 22 0 0 49 0 77
2016 38 228 0 6 0 344
2017 60 0 0 68 1 129
2018 285 49 1 103 6 444
2019 114 0 0 0 0 114
Notes: This table shows the number of fatalities and missing persons between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31. Fatalities and missing persons in 2019 are based on flash bulletins from the Cabinet Office. (The earthquake/tsunami disaster figures for 2011 include 22,288 fatalities (including disaster-related fatalities) and missing persons from the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami (Great East Japan Earthquake) (March 1, 2020).)
Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on the Fire and Disaster Management Agency report "Status of Regional Disaster Management Administration"
Fig. A-8
A-10
Fig. A-9 Recent Major Natural Disasters (Since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake) (Total: As of April 10, 2020)
Name of Disaster Major Events
Human Casualties (persons)
Houses Damaged (houses)
Remarks Fatalities/ Missing Persons
Injured Completely Destroyed
Half Destroyed
Above-floor
Flooding
The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (January 17, 1995)
Maximum seismic intensity of 7. Unprecedented major disaster in Western Japan. Became a turning point in DRR measures for national and local governments, with various DRR measures developed and strengthened.
6,437 43,792 104,906 144,274 -
・Establishment of Extreme Disaster Management Headquarters*1
・Establishment of Major Disaster Management Headquarters
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Dispatchment of government investigation team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Special Measures Act for Specified
Disaster ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
The Great East Japan Earthquake (March 11, 2011)
Maximum seismic intensity of 7. Tsunami caused extreme damage mainly along the coast of Eastern Japan, including Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima Prefectures.
22,288 6,233 121,996 282,941 1,628
・Establishment of Extreme Disaster Management Headquarters
・Establishment of On-site Extreme Disaster Management Headquarters
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Dispatchment of government investigation team ・Site inspection by Minister of State for Disaster
Management ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster ・Invocation of Special Measures Act for Specified
Disaster ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
2000 Eruption of Mt. Usu (March 31, 2000 - June 28, 2001)
The Japan Meteorological Agency announced emergency volcano information and residents evacuated before the eruption began, resulting in no human casualties.
- - 119 355 -
・Establishment of Major Disaster Management Headquarters
・Establishment of On-site Major Disaster Management Headquarters
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Dispatchment of government investigation team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
2000 Miyake Is. Eruption and Niijima and Kozushima Is. Earthquake (June 25, 2000 - March 31, 2005)
A caldera was formed along with the summit eruption. Large amounts of volcanic gases were emitted over an extended period, and evacuation instructions were issued to all residents of the town of Miyake, which forced all residents to evacuate and live off the island.
1 15 15 20 -
・Establishment of Major Disaster Management Headquarters
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Typhoon TOKAGE (0423) (October 18-21, 2004)
Very large number of human casualties due to rising river levels, sediment disasters, and high waves nationally, but concentrated in the Kinki and Shikoku regions. The Maruyama River, Izushi River, and other Maruyama River system rivers overflowed their banks and flooded.
98 555 909 7,776 14,323
・Establishment of Major Disaster Management Headquarters
・Dispatchment of government investigation team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
2004 Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake (October 23, 2004)
Maximum seismic intensity of 7. Homes were destroyed, landslides and other disasters caused many human casualties, communities were isolated, people were forced to evacuate, and there was massive damage to homes, lifelines, transportation, and agricultural land.
68 4,805 3,175 13,810 -
・Establishment of Major Disaster Management Headquarters
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Dispatchment of government investigation team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Fukuoka-ken-Seihouoki Earthquake (March 20, 2005)
Maximum seismic intensity of Lower 6. Homes were destroyed on Genkai Island and elsewhere, and window glass fell from buildings in Fukuoka City.
1 1,204 144 353 -
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Dispatchment of government investigation team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster ・Invocation of Remote Islands Development Act
Typhoon NABI (0514) (September 4-8, 2005)
Record-breaking rains fell, mainly in the Kyushu region, and sediment disasters caused many human casualties.
29 177 1,217 3,896 3,551
・Dispatchment of government investigation team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
2006 Heavy Snows (December 2005 - March 2006)
Following 1963, the second-largest number of fatalities and missing persons since WW II (on par with 1981.)
152 2,145 18 28 12 ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act
2006 Torrential Rains Due to Seasonal Rain Front (June 10–July 29, 2006)
Many fatalities due to sediment disasters in Nagano and Kagoshima Prefectures.
33 64 313 1,457 1,971
・Dispatchment of government investigation team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Typhoon SHANSHAN (0613) (September 15–20, 2006)
Damage due to strong winds from the Okinawa region to the Kyushu region, and a tornado in Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture.
10 446 121 518 251
・Dispatchment of government investigation team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Tornado in Saroma Hokkaido Prefecture (November 7, 2006)
Highest number of fatalities on record attributed to a tornado.
9 31 7 7 -
・Dispatchment of government investigation team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
Fig. A-9
A-11
Name of Disaster Major Events
Human Casualties (persons)
Houses Damaged (houses)
Remarks Fatalities/ Missing Persons
Injured Completely Destroyed
Half Destroyed
Above-floor
Flooding
2007 Noto Hanto Earthquake (March 25, 2007)
Maximum seismic intensity of Upper 6. Disaster in mountainous regions with a high percentage of aging population and advancing depopulation.
1 356 686 1,740 -
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Dispatchment of government investigation team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
2007 Heavy Rains from Typhoon MAN-YI (0704) and Seasonal Rain Front (July 5-31, 2007)
The typhoon made landfall in Japan in July with the strongest intensity in 57 years from 1951 to 2007. Record rainfalls in various regions.
7 75 33 33 434 ・Dispatchment of government investigation team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
2007 Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake (July 16, 2007)
Maximum seismic intensity of Upper 6. Many human causalities due to homes collapsing. Damage to homes, lifelines, transportation, and nuclear power plants.
15 2,346 1,331 5,710 -
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Dispatchment of government investigation team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster ・Invocation of Special Measures Act for Specified
Disaster ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake (June 14, 2008)
Maximum seismic intensity of Upper 6. Many human causalities due to landslides and other sediment disasters. Many river channels became blocked (natural dams) in rivers in mountainous areas.
23 426 30 146 -
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Dispatchment of government investigation team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Earthquake epicentered on Northern Coast of Iwate Prefecture (July 24, 2008)
Maximum seismic intensity of Lower 6. Earthquake with a deep hypocenter occurring inside a plate. Seismic intensity of Lower 5 and higher recorded in affected areas of inland Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures.
1 210 1 0 - ・Dispatchment of government investigation team
Heavy Rains from July 28 (July 28-29, 2008)
Localized heavy rains in the Hokuriku and Kinki regions. Human casualties along the Toga River in Kobe City.
6 13 6 16 585
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Torrential Rains at the End of August 2008 (August 26-31, 2008)
Record heavy rains in various regions, especially extensive flood damage in Aichi Prefecture.
2 7 6 7 3,106
・Dispatchment of government investigation team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
July 2009 Torrential Rains in Chugoku and Northern Kyushu (July 19-26, 2009)
Record heavy rains in Yamaguchi and Fukuoka Prefectures due to seasonal rain front. Numerous fatalities from sediment disasters in Yamaguchi Prefecture and other prefectures.
36 59 52 102 2,139
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Dispatchment of government investigation team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Typhoon ETAU (0909) (August 8-11, 2009)
Heavy rains from the Chugoku and Shikoku regions to the Tohoku region due to the effects of the typhoon. Human casualties and homes damaged due to flooding in Hyogo Prefecture.
27 23 183 1,130 974
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Dispatchment of government investigation team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Earthquake epicentered in Suruga Bay (August 11, 2009)
Maximum seismic intensity of Lower 6. Tomei Expressway closed due to slope collapse.
1 319 0 6 -
Typhoon MELOR (0918) (October 6-8, 2009)
Destructive storm and heavy rains over a wide area from the Okinawa region to Hokkaido Prefecture due to the effects of the typhoon. Winds and rains in Aichi Prefecture caused partial damage and flood damage to many homes.
5 139 9 86 571 ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Tsunami from Earthquake epicentered in Central Chilean Coast (February 27-28, 2010)
An earthquake struck the central coast of Chile just after noon on Feb. 27. A tsunami was approaching Japan the next day on the 28th, and a major tsunami warning and tsunami warning were issued at 9:33 a.m. on the 28th. Extensive fishery damage to aquaculture facilities.
0 0 0 0 6 ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
2010 Heavy Rains Due to Seasonal Rain Front (June 11 - July 19, 2010)
The seasonal rain front stalled over the region from Kyushu to Honshu from mid-June, with intermittent bursts of activity. Southern Kyushu received more than twice its average annual rainfall. There were large-scale landslides in Kagoshima Prefecture, and fatalities and missing persons mainly in Hiroshima and Gifu Prefectures.
22 21 43 91 1,844
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Site inspection by Minister of State for Disaster
Management ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Heavy Rains in Amami Region of Kagoshima Prefecture (October 18-25, 2010)
The rain front stalled over the Amami region, with moist air flowing in from the south toward this rain front, creating unstable atmospheric conditions. The Amami region received intense rainfall of more than 120 mm per hour, with more than 800 mm of rainfall since the rains began.
3 2 10 443 116
・Site inspection by Minister of State for Disaster Management
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Heavy Snow in 2010 (November 2010 - March 2011)
Record snows fell from the end of the year to the beginning of the following year in some areas of the Japan Sea side of Western Japan. Fishing boats overturned and sank along with other damage in Tottori and Shimane Prefectures.
131 1,537 9 14 6
・Cabinet meeting ・Site inspection by Minister of State for Disaster
Management ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act
A-12
Name of Disaster Major Events
Human Casualties (persons)
Houses Damaged (houses)
Remarks Fatalities/ Missing Persons
Injured Completely Destroyed
Half Destroyed
Above-floor
Flooding
Mt. Kirishima (Shinmoedake) Eruption (January 26 - September 7, 2011)
Following a small eruption on January 19, a medium-sized eruption occurred at Shinmoedake on January 26 and the volcanic alert level was raised to 3 (Do not approach the volcano). Eruptions continued repeatedly thereafter until early September, with air waves and cinders breaking windows and causing other damage. In addition, falling ash from the eruptions was recorded over a wide area mainly to the southeast of the mountain, including Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, and Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture.
0 52 0 0 -
・Cabinet meeting (twice) ・Site inspection by Minister of State for
Disaster Management ・Designation as an area requiring the
emergency development of evacuation facilities and an ash prevention area
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act
Typhoon MA-ON (1106) (July 12-24, 2011)
The typhoon made landfall on the southern part of Tokushima Prefecture around 11:00 p.m. on July 19, maintaining its strong intensity, with maximum winds of 40m/s, and its large scale. Record heavy rains were recorded in Western Japan, with rainfall of more than 1,000 mm recorded in some parts of the Shikoku region since the rains began.
3 54 0 1 28 ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
July 2011 Niigata and Fukushima Torrential Rains (July 27-30, 2011)
Rain began falling in Niigata Prefecture and Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture, from around noon on the 27th. Intermittent intense rains of more than 80 mm per hour fell starting on the 28th. In Niigata and Fukushima Prefectures, record heavy rains exceeding the July 2004 Niigata and Fukushima Torrential Rains were recorded.
6 13 74 1,000 1,082
・Dispatchment of government investigation team (twice)
・Site inspection by Minister of State for Disaster Management
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Typhoon TALAS (1112) (August 30 - September 5, 2011)
Record rains were recorded across a wide area from Western Japan to Northern Japan. Especially on the Kii Peninsula, the highest amount of rainfall since the rains began at 5:00 p.m. on August 30 exceeded 1,800 mm, and many river channels became blocked.
98 113 379 3,159 5,500
・Establishment of Major Disaster Management Headquarters
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team (twice) ・Site inspection by Minister of State for
Disaster Management ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for Reconstructing
Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
(national)
Typhoon ROKE (1115) (September 15-22, 2011)
Strong winds and record rains were recorded across a wide area from Western Japan to Northern Japan. Total rainfall from 12:00 a.m., September 15 to 9:00 a.m., September 22 exceeded 1,000 mm in some parts of Kyushu and Shikoku, with many points recording rainfall of more than double the average rainfall for September.
20 425 34 1,524 2,270
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Heavy Snow in 2011 (November 2011 - March 2012)
Record snows fell mainly on the Japan Sea side, with cumulative snowfall of more than 28% higher than the average for the past 5 years. In addition, in some regions the depth of the snowfall was more than double the average for the past 30 years.
133 1,990 13 12 3
・Cabinet meeting (twice) ・Site inspection by Minister of State for
Disaster Management (twice) ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act
Wind Gusts in May 2012 (May 6, 2012)
Lightning strikes, wind gusts, and hail were recorded from the Tokai region to the Tohoku region. From Joso City to Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, a tornado formed that was estimated to be one of the strongest (F3) recorded in Japan. Multiple tornadoes were recorded in the region from Mooka City, Tochigi Prefecture, to Hitachi-Omiya City, Ibaraki Prefecture, including a destructive tornado of approx. 32 km, the second longest recorded since statistics have been kept.
3 61 103 234 -
・Dispatchment of government investigation team
・Site inspection by Minister of State for Disaster Management
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
Typhoon GUCHOL (1204) (June 18-20, 2012)
Heavy rains fell across a wide area from the Okinawa region to the Tohoku region due to the typhoon and seasonal rain front. Following the track of the typhoon, strong winds, high waves, and a storm surge were recorded across a wide area from the Okinawa region to the Tohoku region.
1 85 1 3 49 ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Heavy Rains from June 21 to July 7, 2012 (June 21 - July 7, 2012)
Due to the effects of the seasonal rain front and a low-pressure system in the Yellow Sea forming above the seasonal rain front, from June 21 to July 7, rains were recorded from Western to Eastern Japan, and Northern Japan, with heavy rains in parts of Kyushu and other locations.
2 7 36 (*2)
180 (*2)
1,131 (*2)
・Dispatchment of government investigation team
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
July 2012 Northern Kyushu Torrential Rains (July 11-14, 2012)
From July 11 to 14, moist air from the south flowed in toward the seasonal rain front that was stalled near Honshu, and heavy rains were recorded across a wide area from Western to Eastern Japan. Extremely heavy rains fell intermittently with thunder especially in the northern region of Kyushu.
33 34 276 (*3)
2,306 (*3)
2,574 (*3)
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team (twice) ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Heavy Snow from November2012 (November 2012 - March 2013)
Due to the cold, there was a long stretch of low-temperature days in Northern Japan, with a large amount of snow falling mainly on the Japan Sea side. This resulted in record snowfall recorded mainly on the Japan Sea side of Northern Japan, including snowfall with a depth of 566 cm recorded at Sukayu, Aomori Prefecture.
104 1,517 5 7 2
・Cabinet meeting held ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act
A-13
Name of Disaster Major Events
Human Casualties (persons)
Houses Damaged (houses)
Remarks Fatalities/ Missing Persons
Injured Completely Destroyed
Half Destroyed
Above-floor
Flooding Earthquake epicentered Near Awajishima Island (April 13, 2013)
Maximum seismic intensity of Lower 6. 0 34 8 97 - ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Heavy Rains in 2013 Seasonal Rain Front (Disaster due to torrential rains and destructive storms between June 8 and August 9, 2013)
・From June 8 to August 9, the seasonal rain front stalled from Kyushu to the vicinity of Honshu with intermittent bursts of activity. In addition, warm and very moist air surrounding a high-pressure ridge flowed in even after the rainy season ended. During this time, Typhoons LEEPI (1304) and SOULIK (1307) approached Japan, causing heavy rains in various regions.
17 50 73 222 1,845
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team (seven times) ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Heavy Rains from August 23, 2013 (August 23-28, 2013)
Warm, moist air flowed in toward the rain front, creating extremely unstable atmospheric conditions and heavy rains mainly on the Japan Sea side of Eastern Japan, and Western Japan. On August 24, record heavy rains on par with the torrential rains of July 28 were recorded, especially in Shimane Prefecture. Some areas of Hokkaido Prefecture also received heavy rains.
2 4 9 53 243
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Tornadoes on September 2 and 4, 2013 (September 2, 4, & 7, 2013)
・On September 2, F2 tornadoes were recorded in Saitama City, Koshigaya City, and Matsubushi Town, Saitama Prefecture, Noda City, Chiba Prefecture, and Bando City, Ibaraki Prefecture.
・On September 4, an F0 tornado was recorded in Sukumo City, Kochi Prefecture, an F0 tornado in Aki City, Kochi Prefecture, F1 tornadoes respectively from Kanuma City to Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture, and from Shioya Town, Shioya District to Yaita City, and F0 tornadoes from Ise City to Obata Town, Mie Prefecture.
・On September 7, F0 wind gusts were recorded in Komaki City, Hokkaido Prefecture.
0 67 13 38 0
・Dispatchment of government investigation team (twice)
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
Heavy Rains from Typhoon MAN-YI (1318) (September 15-16, 2013)
On September 15, localized intense rains fell in Eastern Japan and Northern Japan. On the 16th, heavy rains fell across a wide area from Shikoku to Hokkaido. Record heavy rains fell especially in Fukui, Shiga, and Kyoto Prefectures. A total of ten F0–F1 tornadoes also occurred.
6 136 40 967 2,453
・Dispatchment of government investigation team (five times)
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Typhoons WIPHA (1326) & FRANCISCO (1327) (October 14-16, 2013) (October 24-26, 2013)
Heavy rains fell mainly on the Pacific Ocean side of Eastern Japan and Northern Japan. Driving rains of more than 100 mm per hour fell especially in Oshima-machi, Tokyo Prefecture, with record rainfall of 824 mm recorded in 24 hours.
45 140 65 63 2,011
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Heavy Snow from 2013 (November 2013 - March 2014)
・Record heavy snowfall was recorded across a wide area from Northern Japan to Kanto-Koshinetsu.
・Especially from February 14 to 16, record heavy snows fell, substantially surpassing past snowfall depths mainly in the Kanto-Koshinetsu region, including Kofu (Yamanashi Prefecture) with 114 cm, Chichibu (Saitama Prefecture) with 98 cm, and Maebashi (Gunma Prefecture) with 73 cm of snowfall.
95 1,770 28 40 3
・Establishment of Major Disaster Management Headquarters
・Establishment of On-site Major Disaster Management Headquarters
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team (five times) ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act
Typhoon NEOGURI (1408) (July 6-11, 2014)
・Record heavy rains were recorded on Okinawa Island.
・Due to the effects of the moist southerly wind surrounding the typhoon and the seasonal rain front, some regions even far from the typhoon received localized driving rains.
3 70 14 12 409
・Dispatchment of government investigation team (three times)
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
Torrential Rains of August 2014
Typhoons NAKRI (1412) & HALONG (1411) (July 30 - August 11, 2014)
<Typhoon NAKRI (1412)> ・From the night of the 5th, heavy rains
were recorded in the Chugoku and Tohoku regions. Especially in Yamaguchi Prefecture, localized driving rains of more than 100 mm per hour were recorded in some places.
<Typhoon HALONG (1411)> Heavy rains fell across a wide area from Western Japan to Northern Japan. Especially in Kochi Prefecture, total rainfall from the 7th to the 11th, when the heaviest rains fell, was more than 1,000 mm. Total rainfall from the Shikoku region to the Tokai region was more than 600 mm. Atmospheric conditions were extremely unstable, with extremely strong winds including tornadoes in Tochigi Prefecture and other areas.
5 93 22 374 1,529
・Dispatchment of government investigation team (twice)
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
A-14
Name of Disaster Major Events
Human Casualties (persons)
Houses Damaged (houses)
Remarks Fatalities/ Missing Persons
Injured Completely Destroyed
Half Destroyed
Above-floor
Flooding
Heavy Rains from August 15, 2014 (August 15-26, 2014) *Excludes Hiroshima Sediment Disaster on August 20
・Extremely intense localized rains with thunder. The amount of rainfall that fell during the 2 days of the 16th and 17th set new records in places such as Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture, and Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, with heavy rains mainly in the Kinki, Hokuriku, and Tokai regions.
8 7 38 332 2,240
・Dispatchment of government investigation team (twice)
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Hiroshima Sediment Disaster on August 20, 2014 (Disaster in Hiroshima Prefecture due to heavy rains from August 19, 2014)
・ Warm, moist air flowed in toward the rain front, and extremely unstable atmospheric conditions were recorded mainly in the Chugoku region and northern Kyushu region.
・At 3:30 a.m. on the 20th, driving rains of approx. 120 mm per hour were recorded in Hiroshima Prefecture, and heavy rains, including a new record set for the highest recorded rainfall in a 24-hour period, were recorded.
77 68 179 217 1,086
・Establishment of Major Disaster Management Headquarters
・Establishment of On-site Major Disaster Management Headquarters
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team (three times) ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
2014 Eruption of Mt. Ontake (September 27, 2014)
・Volcanic tremors started at 11:41 a.m. on September 27, with an eruption on the same day around 11:52 a.m.
・Volcanic smoke descended the southern slope and was recorded for more than 3 km. Therefore, a level 3 volcano warning (Do not approach the volcano) was issued.
・Entry within 4 km of the crater was restricted.
・Many mountain climbers suffered casualties due to this eruption.
63 69 0 0 0
・Establishment of Major Disaster Management Headquarters
・Establishment of On-site Major Disaster Management Headquarters
・Dispatchment of government investigation team (twice)
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act
Earthquake with a Seismic Source in Northern Nagano Prefecture (November 22, 2014)
Maximum seismic intensity of Lower 6. 0 46 81 133 -
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team (twice) ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Heavy Snow in 2014 (November 2014 - March 2015)
Due to the effects of a strong winter air-pressure pattern as well as a low-pressure system and cold air, heavy snows fell on the mountainous areas of the Japan Sea side from Northern Japan to Eastern Japan.
83 1,029 9 12 5 ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act
Kuchinoerabu-jima Eruption [Volcanic Alert Level 5] (May 29, 2015)
・An explosive eruption occurred at Shindake at 9:59 am on May 29. This eruption triggered a volcanic cloud of black-gray smoke that rose 9,000m above the crater rim and a pyroclastic flow that reached the northwestern coast (Mukaehama district).
・At 10:07 am, the JMA raised the Volcanic Alert Level from 3 to 5 (evacuate).
・The municipal ferry, Ferry-Taiyo, and other vessels were used to evacuate all those on the island at the time of the eruption to Yakushima (all individuals were confirmed to be safe)
0 1 To be confirmed
・Installation of government on-site communications office (Yakushima Town, Kagoshima)
・Site inspection by Prime Minister ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act
Eruption of Mt. Hakone [Volcanic Alert Level 3] (June 30, 2015)
・A very small amount of volcanic ash was observed inside the crater, which was thought to have been the result of a very small eruption, so the JMA raised the volcanic alert level from 2 to 3 (Do not approach the volcano) at 12:30 on June 30
・At the same time, Hakone-machi imposed a ban on entering the area within around 1km of the crater and issued an evacuation instruction for parts of the Ubako, Kamiyuba, Shimoyuba, and Hakone Sounkyo Bessochi areas, as well as evacuating residents, etc. from those areas
0 0 0 0 0 ・Deployment of a Cabinet Office advance information-gathering team
Typhoon NANGKA (1511) (July 16-18, 2015)
The typhoon and warm, moist air heading toward the typhoon caused increased rainfall, primarily over West and East Japan. The Kinki region in particular saw the highest rainfall in 24 hours since records began, with heavy rain in excess of the usual rainfall for the entire month of July in an ordinary year. This caused river flooding, damage to public civil engineering works, and suspension of transport services, mainly in West Japan.
2 57 5 10 85 ・Appeal to the public by the Minister of State for Disaster Management
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Name of Disaster Major Events
Human Casualties (persons)
Houses Damaged (houses)
Remarks Fatalities/ Missing Persons
Injured Completely Destroyed
Half Destroyed
Above-floor
Flooding
Volcanic activity at Sakurajima [Volcanic Alert Level 4] (August 15, 2015)
・At around 07:00 on August 15, a series of volcanic earthquakes centered on the island occurred. Rapid crustal movement indicative of inflation of the volcanic edifice was also observed.
・At 10:15 that day, the JMA raised the volcanic alert level from 3 to 4 (Prepare to evacuate) (caution required in Arimura-cho and Furusato-cho, within 3km of the Showa crater and the Minamidake summit crater).
・At 16:50 that day, Kagoshima City issued evacuation advisories to the residents of the Arimura district of Arimura-cho, the Furusato district of Furusato-cho (areas within 3km of the crater), and the Shioyagamoto district of Kurokami-cho.
・At 18:10 that day, evacuation of all residents (77 people from 51 households) in the areas subject to evacuation was completed.
0 0 0 0 0
・Site inspection by Parliamentary Vice Minister
・Deployment of a Cabinet Office liaison team
Typhoon GONI (1515) (August 22-26, 2015)
・The typhoon that made landfall near Arao City in Kumamoto Prefecture after 06:00 on the 25th moved northward to northern Kyushu, maintaining its strong intensity, and reached the Sea of Japan during the daylight hours of the 25th.
・A maximum instantaneous wind speed of 71.0m was observed at 21:16 on the 23rd on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture. In addition, the typhoon and warm, moist air flowing in from the south resulted in heavy rain over the Ryukyu Islands, West Japan, and the Tokai region, with more than 500mm of rain falling on Mie Prefecture in a single day on the 25th.
1 147 12 138 53 ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Torrential Rain of September 2015 in the Kanto and Tohoku Regions [Including Typhoon ETAU (1518)] (September 9-11, 2015)
・After making landfall near Nishio City, Aichi Prefecture at around 09:30 on September 9, 2015 Typhoon ETAU (1518) moved on to the Sea of Japan and transformed into an extra-tropical cyclone at 15:00 that day.
・As a result of Typhoon ETAU (1518) and weather fronts, heavy rain fell over a wide area from western to northern Japan. In particular, between the 9th and the 11th, a southerly wind flowing into the extra-tropical cyclone into which Typhoon ETAU (1518) transformed and, subsequently, a southeasterly wind from the vicinity of Typhoon KILO (1517) supplied flows of moist air that triggered a succession of line-shaped precipitation systems, causing record-breaking rainfall in the Kanto and Tohoku regions and prompting the issue of emergency heavy rain warnings for Tochigi, Ibaraki, and Miyagi prefectures.
20 82 81 7,090 2,523
・Minister of State for Disaster Management issues a list of requests to relevant ministries and agencies
・Deployment of a Cabinet Office advance information-gathering team
・Dispatchment of government investigation team
・Cabinet meeting (twice) ・Site inspection by Prime Minister (once) ・Site inspection by Minister of State for
Disaster Management (twice) ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Typhoon DUJUAN (1521) (September 27-28, 2015)
・Typhoon DUJUAN (1521) approached the Ishigaki and Yonaguni island areas with violent intensity during the day on the 28th.
・On Yonaguni Island, a maximum instantaneous wind speed of 81.1m was observed at 15:41 on the 28th, the highest figure since statistics began to be compiled. A severe gale buffeted Yaeyama and the surrounding area, while the Sakishima Islands saw stormy seas with high swells and the Okinawa Island area was also battered by rough seas.
0 0 5 23 0 ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act
The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake (April 14 and 16, 2016)
・At 09:26 p.m. on April 14, 2016 Maximum seismic intensity of 7
・At 01:25 a.m. on April 16, 2016 Maximum seismic intensity of 7
273 2,809 8,667 34,719 0
・Establishment of Major Disaster Management Headquarters
・Establishment of On-site Major Disaster Management Headquarters
・Site inspection by Prime Minister (three times)
・Dispatchment of government investigation team
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Invocation of Special Measures Act for Specified Disaster
・Partial invocation of the Act on Reconstruction from Large-Scale Disasters
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
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Name of Disaster
Major Events
Human Casualties (persons)
Houses Damaged (houses)
Remarks Fatalities/ Missing Persons
Injured Completely Destroyed
Half Destroyed
Above-floor
Flooding
Heavy Rains from Seasonal Rain Front Starting June 20, 2016 (June 20-25, 2016)
・Warm, moist air flowed in toward the seasonal rain front having stalled over Western to Eastern Japan and a low-pressure system above the seasonal rain front, creating extremely unstable atmospheric conditions.
・Rainfall from 00:00 on 19 onward exceeded 300 mm over a wide area of Kyushu, as well as Chugoku, Shikoku and part of the Izu Islands, while rain in some parts of Kumamoto, Oita and Miyazaki Prefectures exceeded 500 mm.
7 12 37 165 520 ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Typhoon CHANTHU (1607) (August 16-18, 2016)
・Typhoon CHANTHU (1607) moved northward along the Pacific coast of the Kanto and Tohoku regions, making landfall near Cape Erimo at around 17:30 on August 17. It then continued up through Hokkaido and transformed into an extra-tropical cyclone near Sakhalin island at 03:00 on the 18th.
・The passage of the cold front of the extra-tropical cyclone that was formerly Typhoon CHANTHU (1607) caused localized driving rains in the Kanto region, with 83 mm per hour of rain recorded in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture up to 03:14 on the 18th.
・The total rainfall between 00:00 on August 16 and 06:00 on August 18 exceeded 100 mm over an extensive area in the Kanto, Tohoku, and Hokkaido regions.
0 5 0 9 67 ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Typhoons KOMPASU (1611) & MINDULLE (1609) (August 20-23, 2016)
・Typhoon KOMPASU (1611) formed as a tropical storm over the sea east of Japan at 09:00 on August 20 and approached the Tohoku region before making landfall near Kushiro City, Hokkaido after 23:00 on the 21st. It then continued up through Hokkaido and transformed into an extra-tropical cyclone over the Sea of Okhotsk at 03:00 on the 22nd.
・Typhoon MINDULLE (1609) made landfall near Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture at around 12:30 on August 22 and continued up through the Kanto and Tohoku regions, making landfall once more on the central part of Hidaka District of Hokkaido Prefercture before 06:00 on the 23rd. It then continued up through Hokkaido before transforming into an extra-tropical cyclone over the Sea of Okhotsk at 12:00 on the 23rd.
・These typhoons and weather fronts caused heavy rain in eastern and northern Japan. Between 00:00 on August 20 and 24:00 on the 23rd, there was 448.5 mm of rainfall at Mt. Amagi in Izu City, Shizuoka Prefecture; 297.5 mm at Ome in Ome City, Tokyo; and 296.0 mm at Itokushibetsu in Shibetsu Town, Hokkaido. Hokkaido experienced particularly heavy rain, receiving double the average rainfall for August.
2 76 6 19 665 ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Typhoon LIONROCK (1610) (August 26-31, 2016)
・Typhoon LIONROCK (1610) approached the Kanto region in the morning of August 30 and made landfall near Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture around 17:30 on the 30th, accompanied by a storm area. It then accelerated on a peculiar course that saw it pass through the Tohoku region and enter the Sea of Japan, and it transformed into an extra-tropical cyclone on the 31st.
・This was the first time that a typhoon had made landfall on the Pacific coast of the Tohoku region since the Japan Meteorological Agency began recording statistics in 1951.
29 14 518 2,281 279
・Installation of government on-site communications office
・Appeal to the public by the Minister of State for Disaster Management
・Site inspection by Prime Minister (twice) ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team (twice) ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Typhoon MALAKAS (1616) (September 16-20, 2016)
・With strong intensity, Typhoon MALAKAS (1616) made landfall on the Osumi Peninsula, Kagoshima Prefecture after 00:00 on September 20 and then headed northeast across the waters off the coast of Shikoku before making landfall once more near Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture around 13:30 the same day. After making landfall yet again after 17:00 that day near Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture, it transformed into an extra-tropical cyclone at 21:00 the same day off the coast of the Tokai region.
1 47 8 65 509 ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
2016 Earthquake centered in the central Tottori Prefecture (October 21, 2016)
Maximum seismic intensity of Lower 6 0 32 18 312 -
・Dispatchment of government investigation team
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
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Name of Disaster
Major Events
Human Casualties (persons)
Houses Damaged (houses)
Remarks Fatalities/ Missing Persons
Injured Completely Destroyed
Half Destroyed
Above-floor
Flooding Earthquake centered in the northern Ibaraki Prefecture (December 28, 2016)
Maximum seismic intensity of Lower 6 0 2 0 1 - -
March 27, 2017Avalanche in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture on (March 27, 2017)
An avalanche hit the Nasu Onsen Family Ski Resort, affecting high-school students were involved during a mountain climbing workshop.
8 40 - - - -
Heavy rains from Seasonal Rain Front starting June 30, 2017and Typhoon NANMADOL (1703) (including Northern Kyushu Heavy Rain) (June 30 - July 10, 2017)
Localized intense rain caused by a seasonal rain front and Typhoon NANMADOL (1703) fell mainly in northern Kyushu. Especially from July 5 to 6, record heavy rain hit northern Kyushu due to warm and very moist air flowing in toward the rain front stalling in the vicinity of the Tsushima Straits.
44 39 338 1,101 223
・Cabinet meeting (three times) ・Site inspection by Prime Minister (once) ・Deployment of a Cabinet Office advance
information gathering team ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team (twice) ・Installation of government on-site
communications office ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Heavy Rains from Seasonal Rain Front Starting July 22, 2017 (July 22 - 26, 2017)
Warm and moist air flowed in towards the rain front stalling over Tohoku and Hokuriku regions; stimulating it and causing heavy rain, concentrated in these regions, from July 22.
0 0 3 44 618
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Typhoon TALIM (1718) (September 13 - 18, 2017)
Typhoon TALIM (1718), heading north near Miyako Island from September 13 to 14, crossed the Satsuma Peninsula, Kagoshima Prefecture around 11:30 on 17th and made landfall on Tarumizu City, Kagoshima Prefercture around 12:00 the same day. It continued to move north along the Japanese islands with a storm area and transformed into an extra-tropical cyclone at 03:00 on 18th around Sado Island. The typhoon and active rain front caused driving rains from Western to Northern Japan.
5 73 5 615 1,553
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Typhoon LAN (1721) (October 21 - 23, 2017)
Typhoon LAN (1721) moved northward over the sea south of Japan during October 21-22 and made landfall around Kakegawa City in Shizuoka Prefecture around 03:00 on the 23rd with its strong intensity and its very large scale. After crossing the Kanto region with a storm area. It transformed into an extra-tropical cyclone around the sea east of Japan at 09:00 on 23rd. This brought heavy rain over much of Western and Eastern Japan and the Tohoku region; due to well-developed rain clouds surrounding the typhoon and the rain front stalling near Honshu.
8 245 13 485 2,794
・Dispatchment of government investigation team
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Heavy Snow from 2017 (November 2017 - March 2018)
Due to the effects of a strong winter air-pressure pattern, heavy snowfalls were observed in some areas on the Japan Sea side. Especially large amounts of well-developed snow clouds flowed in from the Japan Sea side from early to mid-February. In Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, the daily maximum snow depth exceeded 140 cm for the first time in 37 years. The Hokuriku region observed heavy snowfalls overall, with some areas recording snow exceeding six times the average.
116 1,539 9 18 13 ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act
Eruption of Kusatsu-Shiranesan (January 23, 2018)
・An eruption occurred at 10:02 a.m., January 23. Volcanic rocks travelled farther than 1 km from the crater near Kagami-ike, Motoshiranesan.
・At 11:05 a.m., the volcanic alert level was raised from 1 to 2 (Do not approach the crater).
・At 11:50 a.m., the volcanic alert level was raised from 2 to 3 (Do not approach the volcano) (caution required within a 2 km radius from the crater near Kagami-ike).
1 11 0 0 0 -
Earthquake centered in the western Shimane Prefecture (April 9, 2018)
Maximum seismic intensity of Upper 5 0 9 16 58 0 ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
Sediment Disaster in Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture (April 14, 2018)
A landslide in Yabakeimachi, Nakatsu City 6 0 4 0 0 -
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Name of Disaster
Major Events
Human Casualties (persons)
Houses Damaged (houses)
Remarks Fatalities/ Missing Persons
Injured Completely Destroyed
Half Destroyed
Above-floor
Flooding
Earthquake centered in the northern Osaka Prefecture (June 18, 2018)
Maximum seismic intensity of Lower 6 6 462 21 483 0
・Deployment of a Cabinet Office advance information gathering team
・Cabinet meeting (once) ・Site inspection by Prime Minister (once) ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
The Heavy Rain Events of July 2018 (June 28 – July 8, 2018)
Due to the effects of the rain front and Typhoon PRAPIROON (1807), warm and highly humid air was continuously supplied into the vicinity of Japan, resulting in record rainfalls in western Japan and other areas. The rains caused some serious disasters, including river overflows, floods, and landslides, leaving more than 200 people dead or missing. The lifelines were also affected, with water and electricity outages occurring in various areas across Japan, while rail and road transportation was also disrupted.
271 449 6,783 11,342 6,982
・Establishment of Major Disaster Management Headquarters
・Cabinet meeting (once) ・Deployment of a Cabinet Office advance
information gathering team ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team ・Site inspection by Prime Minister (four
times) ・Site inspection by Minister of State for
Disaster Management (three times) ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Invocation of Special Measures Act for Specified Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Volcanic activity at Kuchinoerabu-jima [Volcanic Alert Level 4] (August 15, 2018)
From around August 8, many volcanic earthquakes and large amounts of volcanic gases were observed. From around midnight on August 15, an increasing number of volcanic earthquakes were observed at deeper spots. In the small hours of the same day, an earthquake with a maximum magnitude of 1.9 (preliminary) was observed. At 10:30 a.m., the volcanic alert level was raised to 4 (prepare to evacuate).
- - - - - -
Typhoon JEBI (1821) (September 3 - 5, 2018)
With very strong intensity, Typhoon JEBI (1821) made landfall on the southern part of Tokushima Prefecture before noon on September 4. It then made landfall again around Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture before 2 p.m. and continued up through the Kinki region while accelerating. At 9 a.m. on the 5th, it transformed into an extra-tropical cyclone off the coast of the Russian Primorsky Krai. During the approach and passage of the typhoon, very intense winds and rains hit western to northern Japan. The Shikoku and Kinki regions experienced particularly strong winds and rains, with some areas observing record high waves.
14 980 68 833 244
・Cabinet meeting (once) ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
The 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake (September 6, 2018)
Maximum seismic intensity of 7 A major power outage occurred across the prefecture.
43 782 469 1,660 -
・Deployment of a Cabinet Office advance information gathering team
・Cabinet meeting (nine times) ・Installation of government on-site
communications office ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team ・Site inspection by Prime Minister (once) ・Site inspection by Minister of State for
Disaster Management (once) ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Typhoon TRAMI (1824) (September 28 – October 1, 2018)
From September 28 to dawn on the 30th, Typhoon TRAMI (1824) approached the Okinawa region with very strong intensity. It made landfall near Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture around 8 p.m. on the 30th while rapidly accelerating. After crossing eastern and northern Japan, it transformed into an extra-tropical cyclone over the sea east of Japan at 9 a.m. on October 1.
4 231 62 404 326
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
Earthquake centered in the Kumamoto region of Kumamoto Prefecture (January 3, 2019)
Maximum seismic intensity of Lower 6 1 3 0 0 - -
Earthquake centered in the Central-Eastern Iburi region of Hokkaido (February 21, 2019)
Maximum seismic intensity of Lower 6 0 6 0 0 - -
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Name of Disaster
Major Events
Human Casualties (persons)
Houses Damaged (houses)
Remarks Fatalities/ Missing Persons
Injured Completely Destroyed
Half Destroyed
Above-floor
Flooding Earthquake centered offshore of Yamagata Prefecture (June 18, 2019)
Maximum seismic intensity of Upper 6 0 43 0 35 - ・Cabinet meeting (two times) ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team
Heavy Rain since Late June (June 28 -July 5, 2019)
Since late June, seasonal rain front was stalling in western and around eastern Japan and warm moist air flowing toward the front has increased its activity. The total precipitation from June 28 to July 8 reached 1,089.5 mm in Ebino, Ebino City of Miyazaki Prefecture, exceeded 500 mm in Kagoshima, Miyazaki, and Kumamoto Prefectures. Resulting in the record-breaking heavy rainfalls.
2 5 11 9 92
・Cabinet meeting (three times) ・Deployment of a Cabinet Office advance
information gathering team ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Heavy rains from Seasonal Rain Front and 2019 Typhoon Danas (1905) (July 17 – 22, 2019)
Warm and humid air around Typhoon Danas (1905) and the North Pacific Subtropical High brought heavy localized rainfall in western Japan from 20 to 21. From the night of 19 to the afternoon of 20, Goto and Tsushima in Nagasaki Prefecture experienced the record-breaking heaviest rain in decades, and at 10:05 pm on 20, an emergency heavy rain warning was issued (all warnings were cancelled by 4:10 pm on the same day). In addition, developed rain clouds stalled over Saga and Fukuoka Prefectures on the early morning of 21, resulting in record-breaking heavy rain in some areas, exceeding the July average rainfall in 24 hours. Typhoon Danas transformed into an extra-tropical cyclone at 9:00 p.m. On 21.
1 6 0 2 216
・Cabinet meeting (once) ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Typhoon Krosa (1910) (August 12 – 16, 2019)
Typhoon Krosa (1910) made landfall near Kure City in Hiroshima Prefecture around 3:00 p.m. on 15 and brought heavy rain with strong winds over the wide range of western and eastern Japan on the Pacific side, with total rainfall exceeding 800 mm in some places. Though it transformed into an extra-tropical cyclone in western Hokkaido at 9 p.m. on 16, it approached Hokkaido with its strength maintained, and very intense rainfalls with strong wind hit Hokkaido and other areas until the dawn of 17.
2 58 1 0 2 ・Cabinet meeting (two times) ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Heavy rainfall related to Seasonal Rain Front in August 2019 (August 26 – 29, 2019)
The front and humid air resulted in record-breaking heavy rainfall, with total rainfall exceeding 600 mm in northern Kyushu and other areas since August 26. In particular, as the threat of serious disasters significantly increased, with record-breaking heavy rainfalls of at least100 mm per hour recorded at dawn on August 28, an emergency heavy rain warning was issued for Saga, Fukuoka and Nagasaki prefectures at 5:50 a.m. on 28.
4 2 95 882 905
・Cabinet meeting (three times) ・Deployment of a Cabinet Office advance
information gathering team ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team ・Site inspection by Minister of State for
Disaster Management ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Typhoon Faxai (1915) (September 7 – 9, 2019)
From July 7 to 8, the typhoon moved northward from the ocean surrounding the Ogasawara Islands to the Izu Islands, passed near the Miura Peninsula before 3:00 a.m. on 9, and made powerful landfall near Chiba City before 5:00 a.m. As the typhoon approached and passed Japan, fierce wind and rain hit the Izu Islands, the southern Kanto region, and others. The storm was a record-breaking one, with many points having the highest maximum wind speeds and the highest maximum instantaneous wind speeds ever recorded in Japan. In particular, the maximum wind velocity of 35.9 m and the maximum instantaneous wind speed of 57.5 m were observed in Chiba City.
3 150 391 4,204 121
・Deployment of a Cabinet Office advance information gathering team
・Site inspection by Minister of State for Disaster Management (three times)
・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Designation as an extremely severe disaster
Typhoon Hagibis (1919) (October 10 – 13, 2019)
Before 7 p.m. on 12, the large typhoon with strong power made landfall on the Izu Peninsula. It passed through the Kanto region and blew out to the east sea of the Tohoku region before dawn on 13. The typhoon caused record rainfall over a wide area in Shizuoka and Niigata Prefectures, as well as in the Kanto-Koshin and the Tohoku regions, due to the typhoon's developed rain clouds and moist air around it. Atmospheric conditions became extremely unstable as the typhoon approached, and gusts of wind, believed to be tornadoes, were reported in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture.
94 376 3,273 28,306 7,666
・Establishment of Major Disaster Management Headquarters
・Cabinet meeting (two times) ・Deployment of a Cabinet Office
Investigation Team ・Dispatchment of government investigation
team ・Site inspection by Prime Minister (two
times) ・Site inspection by Minister of State for
Disaster Management (six times) ・Invocation of Disaster Relief Act ・Invocation of Act on Support for
Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster
・Specified disaster designation ・Designation as an extremely severe disaster ・Major disaster designation
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*1 Established by a Cabinet meeting decision, and therefore not based on the Basic Act on Disaster Management. *2 The number of damaged houses in the July 2012 Northern Kyushu Torrential Rains contains some duplications. *3 The number of damaged houses due to heavy rains from June 21 to July 7, 2012 contains some duplications. Source: Cabinet Office, Fire and Disaster Management Agency Materials, Major Disaster Management Headquarters materials
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Fig. A-10 Establishment of Extreme Disaster Management Headquarters and Major Disaster Management Headquarters
As of March 31, 2020
Name of Headquarters Period of Establishment Manager of Headquarters 1 Heavy Snowfall Major Disaster Management Headquarters Jan. 29 - May 31, 1963 Minister of State 2 Niigata Earthquake Major Disaster Management Headquarters Jun. 16 - Oct. 31, 1964 Minister of State
3 Typhoons SHIRLEY (6523), TRIX (6524), and VIRGINIA (6525) Major Disaster Management Headquarters Sep. 17 - Dec. 17, 1965 Minister of State
4 Typhoons HELEN (6624) and IDA (6626) Major Disaster Management Headquarters Sep. 26 - Dec. 27, 1966 Minister of State
5 1967 July and August Torrential Rains Major Disaster Management Headquarters
Jul. 9 - Dec. 26, 1967 Minister of State
6 1968 Tokachi-oki Earthquake Major Disaster Management Headquarters May 16, 1968 - May 2, 1969 Minister of State 7 July 1972 Torrential Rains Major Disaster Management Headquarters Jul. 8 - Dec. 19, 1972 Minister of State
8 Typhoon FRAN (7617) Major Disaster Management Headquarters Sep. 13 - Dec. 10, 1976 Director General of National Land Agency (NLA)
9 1977 Mt. Usu Eruption Major Disaster Management Headquarters Aug. 11, 1977 - Dec. 4, 1979 Director General of NLA
10 1978 Izu-Oshima-kinkai Earthquake Major Disaster Management Headquarters Jan. 15 - Aug. 4, 1978 Director General of NLA
11 1978 Miyagi-ken-oki Earthquake Major Disaster Management Headquarters Jun. 13 - Nov. 28, 1978 Director General of NLA
12 Typhoon TIP (7920) Major Disaster Management Headquarters Oct. 20 - Dec. 4, 1979 Director General of NLA
13 July and August 1982 Torrential Rains Major Disaster Management Headquarters Jul. 24 - Dec. 24, 1982 Director General of NLA
14 1983 Nihon-kai-chubu Earthquake Major Disaster Management Headquarters May 26 - Dec. 23, 1983 Director General of NLA
15 July 1983 Torrential Rains Major Disaster Management Headquarters Jul. 23 - Dec. 23, 1983 Director General of NLA 16 1983 Miyake Island Eruption Major Disaster Management Headquarters Oct. 4, 1983 - Jun. 5, 1984 Director General of NLA
17 1984 Nagano-ken-seibu Earthquake Major Disaster Management Headquarters Sep. 16, 1984 - Feb. 19, 1985 Director General of NLA
18 1991 Mt. Unzen Eruption Major Disaster Management Headquarters Jun. 4, 1991 - Jun. 4, 1996 Director General of NLA
19 1993 Hokkaido-nansei-oki Earthquake Major Disaster Management Headquarters Jul. 13, 1993 - Mar. 31, 1996 Director General of NLA
20 August 1993 Torrential Rains Major Disaster Management Headquarters Aug. 9, 1993 - Mar. 15, 1994 Director General of NLA
21
1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Major Disaster Management Headquarters
Jan. 17, 1995 - Apr. 21, 2002
Director General of NLA ↓
Minister of Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Measures
↓ Director General of NLA
↓ Minister of State for Disaster Management
Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Extreme Disaster Management Headquarters*1 Jan. 19 - Apr. 28, 1995 Prime Minister
22 1997 Diamond Grace Oil Spill Major Disaster Management Headquarters
Jul. 2-11, 1997 Minister of Transport
23 2000 Mt. Usu Eruption Major Disaster Management Headquarters Mar. 31, 2000 - Jun. 28, 2001 *2
Director General of NLA ↓
Minister of State for Disaster Management
24
2000 Miyake Island Eruption and Niijima and Kozushima Island Earthquake Emergency Management Headquarters Aug. 29, 2000 - May 15, 2002 Director General of NLA
↓ Minister of State for Disaster Management
2000 Miyake Island Eruption Major Disaster Management Headquarters*3 May 16, 2002 - Mar. 31, 2005
25 Typhoon TOKAGE (0423) Major Disaster Management Headquarters Oct. 21, 2004 - Mar. 31, 2007 Minister of State for Disaster Management
26 2004 Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake Major Disaster Management Headquarters
Oct. 24, 2004 - Mar. 31, 2008 Minister of State for Disaster Management
27 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Extreme Disaster Management Headquarters
Mar. 11, 2011 - Prime Minister
28 Typhoon TALAS (1112) Major Disaster Management Headquarters Sep. 4, 2011 - Dec. 26, 2014 Minister of State for Disaster Management
29 2014 Torrential Rains Major Disaster Management Headquarters Feb. 18 - May 30, 2014 Minister of State for Disaster Management
30 August 2014 Torrential Rains Major Disaster Management Headquarters Aug. 22, 2014 - Jan. 9, 2015 Minister of State for Disaster Management
31 2014 Mt. Ontake Eruption Major Disaster Management Headquarters Sep. 28, 2014 - Nov. 9, 2015 Minister of State for Disaster Management
32 2016 Emergency Response Headquarters for the Earthquake Centered in the Kumamoto Region of Kumamoto Prefecture
Apr. 14, 2016 - Nov. 30, 2018 Minister of State for Disaster Management
33 Emergency Response Headquarters for the Heavy Rain in July 2018 Jul. 8 - Nov. 30, 2018 Minister of State for Disaster Management
34 Typhoon Hagibis (1919) Major Disaster Management Headquarters Oct. 13, 2019 – Mar. 31, 2020 Minister of State for Disaster Management
Notes: The above are Extreme Disaster Management Headquarters and Major Disaster Management Headquarters based on the Basic Act on Disaster Management (Act No. 223 of 1961).
*1 Established within the Cabinet Office based on a Cabinet meeting resolution, not based on the Basic Act on Disaster Management. *2 Based on reports that the eruption had subsided. Upon dissolution of the Headquarters, the Mt. Usu Eruption Disaster Restoration and
Recovery Measures Council was established. *3 The names of Niijima Island and Kozushima Island were changed with the conclusion of response measures. Source: Cabinet Office
Fig. A-10
A-22
Fig. A-11 Dispatchment of Government Investigation Teams (Since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake) As of March 31, 2020
Year Name of Disaster Deployment
Dates Prefecture Surveyed
Team Leader
1995 1995 Hyogo-ken-Nanbu Earthquake (Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake)
Jan. 17-18 Hyogo Director General of National Land Agency (NLA)
1997 July 1997 Torrential Rains from Seasonal Rain Front
Jul. 11-12 Kagoshima, Kumamoto
Director General of NLA
1998 End of August 1998 Torrential Rains Aug. 28 Tochigi, Fukushima Parliamentary Vice-Minister of National Land
1999 Heavy Rains Starting June 23, 1999 Jun. 30 - Jul. 1 Hiroshima Director General of NLA
Heavy Rains from Typhoon BART (9918) and Rain Front
Sep. 25 Kumamoto Director General of NLA
2000 2000 Eruption of Mt. Usu Mar. 31 - Apr. 1 Hokkaido Director General of NLA
2000 Tottori-seibu Earthquake Oct. 7 Tottori Director General of NLA
2001 2001 Geiyo Earthquake Mar. 29 Hiroshima, Ehime Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
2003 July Seasonal Rain Front Torrential Rains Jul. 22
Kumamoto, Kagoshima
Minister of State for Disaster Management
Northern Miyagi Earthquake Jul. 27 Miyagi Minister of State for Disaster Management
2003Tokachi-oki Earthquake Sep. 26-27 Hokkaido State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
2004 July 2004 Niigata and Fukushima Torrential Rains
Jul. 14 Niigata Minister of State for Disaster Management
Jul. 15 Fukushima State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
July 2004 Fukui Torrential Rains Jul. 20 Fukui State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
Typhoon MEARI (0421) Oct. 1 Mie Minister of State for Disaster Management
Typhoon MA-ON (0422) Oct. 14 Shizuoka State Minister of the Cabinet Office
Typhoon TOKAGE (0423)
Oct. 22 Hyogo, Kyoto Minister of State for Disaster Management
Oct. 22 Kagawa, Okayama State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
2004 Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake Oct. 24 Niigata Minister of State for Disaster Management
2005 Fukuoka-ken-Seihou-oki Earthquake Mar. 20-21 Fukuoka State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
Miyagi-ken-oki Earthquake Aug. 16-17 Miyagi Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Typhoon NABI (0514) Sep. 9 Miyazaki Minister of State for Disaster Management
2006 Heavy Rains from Seasonal Rain Front Starting July 4
Jul. 21 Nagano Minister of State for Disaster Management
Jul. 25 Kagoshima State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
Typhoon SHANSHAN (0613) Sep. 19 Miyazaki Minister of State for Disaster Management
Tornado in Saroma, Hokkaido Nov. 7-8 Hokkaido Minister of State for Disaster Management
2007 2007 Noto-hanto Earthquake Mar. 25-26 Ishikawa Minister of State for Disaster Management
Heavy Rains from Typhoon MAN-YI (0704) and Seasonal Rain Front
Jul. 13 Kumamoto State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
2007 Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake Jul. 16 Niigata Minister of State for Disaster Management
2008 2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake Jun. 14-15 Iwate, Miyagi Minister of State for Disaster Management
Earthquake Epicentered Along Northern Coast of Iwate Prefecture
Jul. 24 Iwate, Aomori Minister of State for Disaster Management
End of August 2008 Torrential Rains Aug. 29 Aichi Minister of State for Disaster Management
2009 July 2009 Torrential Rains in Chubu and Northern Kyushu
Jul. 22 Yamaguchi Minister of State for Disaster Management
Jul. 27 Fukuoka Minister of State for Disaster Management
Typhoon ETAU (0909) Aug. 11 Hyogo, Okayama Minister of State for Disaster Management
2011 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami (Great East Japan Earthquake)
Mar. 11 Miyagi State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
Mar. 12 Iwate State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
Mar. 12 Fukushima Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance
July 2011 Niigata and Fukushima Torrential Rains
Jul. 31 Niigata, Fukushima Minister of State for Disaster Management
Aug. 2 Fukushima State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
Typhoon TALAS (1112) Sep. 4-7
Wakayama, Nara, Mie
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Sep. 6 Nara
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
2012 May 2012 Gust May 7 Ibaraki, Tochigi State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
July 2012 Torrential Rains in Northern Kyushu
Jul. 13-14 Kumamoto, Oita Minister of State for Disaster Management
Jul. 21-22
Fukuoka, Oita, Kagoshima
Minister of State for Disaster Management
Fig. A-11
A-23
Year Name of Disaster Deployment
Dates Prefecture Surveyed
Team Leader
2013 Heavy Snow in2012 Mar. 4-5 Hokkaido
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
Heavy Rains with Seasonal Rain Front
Jul. 29-30 Shimane, Yamaguchi State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
Aug. 3
Yamagata, Fukushima
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Aug. 3 Niigata
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Aug. 3 Iwate, Miyagi
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Aug. 9 Shimane, Yamaguchi Minister of State for Disaster Management
Aug. 13 Akita State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
Aug. 13 Iwate, Akita Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Tornadoes on September 2 and 4
Sep. 3 Saitama Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Sep. 4 Chiba Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Heavy Rains from Typhoon MAN-YI (1318)
Sep. 17 Saitama Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Sep. 18 Kyoto
Acting Minister of State for Disaster Management
Sep. 18 Shiga, Fukui State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
Sep. 19 Mie Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Sep. 19-20
Aomori, Iwate, Akita
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
Typhoon WIPHA (1326) Oct. 19 Oshimacho (Tokyo) Minister of State for Disaster Management
2014
Heavy Snow in 2013
Feb. 6 Akita State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
Feb. 17 Yamanashi Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Mar. 7 Tokyo, Yamanashi
State-Minister of the Cabinet Office, State-Minister of the Environment
Mar. 10 Saitama State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
Mar. 15 Nagano, Gunma State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
Typhoon NEOGURI (1408) and Seasonal Rain Front
Jul. 11 Nagano Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Jul. 12 Yamagata Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Jul. 14-15 Okinawa Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Typhoons NAKRI (1412) & HALONG (1411)
Aug. 11-13 Tokushima, Kochi State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
Aug. 11 Tochigi Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Heavy Rains Starting August 15
Aug. 18-19 Hyogo, Kyoto State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
Aug. 19 Gifu Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Heavy Rains in Hiroshima Prefecture Starting August 19
Aug. 20-21 Hiroshima Minister of State for Disaster Management
Sep. 6 Hiroshima Minister of State for Disaster Management
Sep. 17 Hiroshima Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Mt. Ontake Eruption
Sep. 28 Nagano State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
Oct. 11 Nagano Minister of State for Disaster Management
Earthquake Epicentered in Northern Nagano Prefecture
Nov. 23 Nagano Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Dec. 2 Nagano Minister of State for Disaster Management
Heavy Snow in 2014 Dec. 9 Tokushima Minister of State for Disaster Management
2015 Eruption of Kuchinoerabu-jima May 29-30 Kagoshima State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
Torrential Rain of September 2015 in the Kanto and Tohoku Regions
Sep. 11 Ibaraki, Tochigi State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
Typhoon DUJUAN (1521) Sep. 30-Oct. 1 Okinawa Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
2016 The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Apr. 15 Kumamoto State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
Typhoons KOMPASU (1611) & MINDULLE (1609)
Aug. 28-29 Hokkaido Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Typhoon LIONROCK (1610)
Aug. 31-Sep. 1 Iwate Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Sep. 5 Hokkaido Minister of State for Disaster Management
Earthquake centered in the central Tottori Prefecture
Oct. 29 Tottori State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
2017 Heavy Rains from Seasonal Rain Front Starting June 30, 2017 and Typhoon NANMADOL (1703)
Jul. 7 Fukuoka State-Minister of the Cabinet Office
Jul. 9 Oita, Fukuoka Minister of State for Disaster Management
Typhoon LAN (1721) Oct. 27 Osaka, Wakayama Minister of State for Disaster Management
2018 Heavy Snow in 2017 Feb. 24 Fukui Minister of State for Disaster Management
The Heavy Rain Event of July 2018 Jul. 9
Okayama, Hiroshima
Minister of State for Disaster Management
Typhoon JEBI (1821) Sep. 11 Hyogo Osaka Minister of State for Disaster Management
The 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake Sep. 19 Hokkaido Minister of State for Disaster Management
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Year Name of Disaster Deployment
Dates Prefecture Surveyed
Team Leader
2019 Earthquake centered offshore of Yamagata Prefecture
Jul. 1 Niigata, Yamagata Minister of State for Disaster Management
Heavy Rains from Seasonal Rain Front and Typhoon Danas (1905)
Jul. 24 - 25 Nagasaki, Kagoshima
Minister of State for Disaster Management
Heavy Rain Event of August 2019 related to the rain front
Aug. 31 Saga Minister of State for Disaster Management
Typhoon Hagibis (1919) Oct. 14 Fukushima Minister of State for Disaster Management Source: Cabinet Office
A-25
Fig. A-12 Application of the Disaster Relief Act (Since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake) As of February 1, 2020
Year Name of Disaster Date of
Invocation Prefecture
No. of Municipalities to
which the Act was applied
1995 1995 Hyogo-ken-Nanbu Earthquake (Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake)
Jan. 17 Hyogo 20
Osaka 5
Niigata-ken-Hokubu Earthquake Apr. 1 Niigata 1
Heavy Rain Starting on July 3 Jul. 5 Ehime 1
July 1995 Seasonal Rain Front Torrential Rains Jul. 11 Niigata 2
Jul. 11, Jul. 12 Nagano 2
Heavy Rain Starting on August 10 Aug. 10 Niigata 1
1996 Typhoon VIOLET (9617)
Sep. 22 Saitama 1
Sep. 22 Chiba 2
1997 July 1997 Seasonal Rain Front Torrential Rains Jul. 10 Kagoshima 1
Typhoon OLIWA (9719) Sep. 16
Oita 1
Miyazaki 4
Kagoshima 1
1998 Early August 1998 Torrential Rains Aug. 4 Niigata 3
End of August 1998 Torrential Rains
Aug. 27 Fukushima 3
Aug. 28 Ibaraki 1
Aug. 27, Aug. 30 Tochigi 4
Aug. 28 Saitama 1
Aug. 3 Shizuoka 1
Typhoon STELLA (9805) Sep. 16 Saitama 1
Typhoon VICKI (9807) Sep. 22
Fukui 1
Hyogo 1
Nara 1
Heavy Rains of September 23–25, 1998 Sep. 25 Kochi 6
Typhoon ZEB (9810) Oct. 17 Okayama 4
1999 Heavy Rains Starting June 23, 1999 Jun. 29
Hiroshima 2
Fukuoka 1
Torrential Rains in Tsushima Region on August 27–28, 1999 Aug. 27 Nagasaki 1
Heavy Rains from Typhoon BART (9918) and Rain Front Sep. 24
Yamaguchi 9
Fukuoka 1
Kumamoto 9
Tokaimura Criticality Accident Sep. 3 Ibaraki 2
Heavy Rains Starting October 27, 1999 Oct. 28 Aomori 1
Iwate 1
2000 2000 Eruption of Mt. Usu Mar. 29 Hokkaido 3
2000 Miyake Is. Eruption Jun. 26 Tokyo 1
2000 Niijima and Kozushima Is. Earthquake Jul. 1, Jul. 15 Tokyo 2
Typhoon KIROGI (0003) Jul. 8 Saitama 1
Heavy Rains from 2000 Autumn Rain Front and Typhoon SAOMAI (0014)
Sep. 11 Aichi 21
Gifu 1
2000 Tottori-ken-Seibu Earthquake Oct. 6 Tottori 6
Shimane 2
2001 2001 Geiyo Earthquake Mar. 24
Hiroshima 13
Ehime 1
Heavy Rains of September 6, 2001 Sep. 6 Kochi 2
Typhoon NARI (0116) Sep. 8, Sep. 11 Okinawa 2
2002 Typhoon CHATAAN (026)
Jul. 10 Iwate 1
Jul. 11 Gifu 1
2003 July Seasonal Rain Front Torrential Rains
Jul. 19 Fukuoka 5
Jul. 20 Kumamoto 1
Northern Miyagi Earthquake Jul. 26 Miyagi 5
Typhoon ETAU (0310) Aug. 9 Hokkaido 3
2004 July 2004 Niigata and Fukushima Torrential Rains Jul. 13 Niigata 7
July 2004 Fukui Torrential Rains Jul. 18 Fukui 5
Typhoon NAMTHEUN (0410), Typhoon MALOU (0411), and Related Heavy Rains
Jul. 31 Tokushima 2
Fig. A-12
A-26
Year Name of Disaster Date of
Invocation Prefecture
No. of Municipalities to
which the Act was applied
2004 Typhoon MEGI (0415) and Heavy Rains from Rain Front Aug. 17
Ehime 1
Kochi 1
Typhoon CHABA (0416) Aug. 30
Okayama 9
Kagawa 13
Ehime 1
Miyazaki 2
Typhoon SONGDA (0418) Sep. 7 Hiroshima 2
Typhoon MEARI (0421) Sep. 29
Mie 5
Ehime 4
Hyogo 2
Typhoon MA-ON (0422) Oct. 9 Shizuoka 1
Typhoon TOKAGE (0423) Oct. 2
Miyazaki 1
Tokushima 4
Kagawa 9
Hyogo 18
Gifu 1
Kyoto 7
2004 Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake Oct. 23 Niigata 54
2005 2005 Fukuoka-ken-Seihou-oki Earthquake Mar. 20 Fukuoka 1
Typhoon NABI (0514)
Sep. 4 Tokyo 2
Sep. 6
Yamaguchi 2
Kochi 1
Miyazaki 13
Sep. 4 Kagoshima 1
2006 Heavy Snowfall
Jan. 6, Jan. 8, Jan. 11, Jan. 13
Niigata 11
Jan. 7, Jan. 12 Nagano 8
2006 June 2006 Extended Rain Landslide Disaster Jun. 15 Okinawa 2
Heavy Rains from Seasonal Rain Front Starting July 4
Jul. 19 Nagano 3
Jul. 22 Kagoshima 6
Miyazaki 1
Typhoon SHANSHAN (0613) Sep. 17 Miyazaki 1
Tornado in Saroma, Hokkaido Nov. 7 Hokkaido 1
2007 2007 Noto-hanto Earthquake Mar. 25 Ishikawa 7
Heavy Rains from Typhoon MAN-YI (0704) and Seasonal Rain Front
Jul. 6 Kumamoto 1
2007 Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake Jul. 16 Niigata 10
Typhoon USAGI (0705) Aug. 2 Miyazaki 1
2007 Heavy Rains from Typhoon NARI (0711) and Rain Front Sep. 17 Akita 2
2008 Low-Pressure System from February 23 to 24 Feb. 24 Toyama 1
2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake Jun. 14 Iwate 5
Miyagi 2
Heavy Rains Starting July 28 Jul. 28 Toyama 1
Ishikawa 1
End of August 2008 Torrential Rains Aug. 28 Aichi 2
2009 July 2009 Torrential Rains in Chubu and Northern Kyushu
Jul. 21 Yamaguchi 2
Jul. 24 Fukuoka 1
Typhoon ETAU (0909) Aug. 9 Hyogo 3
Okayama 1
2010
2010 Heavy Rains from Seasonal Rain Front
Jul. 14 Hiroshima 2
Jul. 15 Yamaguchi 1
Jul. 16 Hiroshima 1
Heavy Rains in Amami Region, Kagoshima Prefecture Oct. 20 Kagoshima 3
2011
Heavy Snow Starting November 2010
Jan. 27 Niigata 4
Jan. 30 Niigata 2
Jan. 31 Niigata 3
Mt. Kirishima (Shinmoedake) Eruption Jan. 30 Miyazaki 1
Feb. 10 Miyazaki 1
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Year Name of Disaster Date of
Invocation Prefecture
No. of Municipalities to
which the Act was applied
2011
2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Mar. 11
Aomori 2
Iwate 34
Miyagi 35
Fukushima 59
Ibaraki 37
Tochigi 15
Chiba 8
Tokyo 47
July 2011 Niigata and Fukushima Torrential Rains Jul. 29 Niigata 15
Fukushima 9
Typhoon TALAS (1112) Sep. 2
Mie 3
Nara 10
Wakayama 5
Okayama 1
Sep. 3 Tottori 2
Typhoon ROKE (1115) Sep. 21 Aomori 1
Fukushima 1
2012
Heavy Winter Snowfall
Jan. 14 Niigata 2
Jan. 28 Niigata 4
Jan.31 Niigata 1
Feb. 1 Aomori 2
Nagano 5
Feb. 3 Niigata 4
Feb. 4 Niigata 1
May 2012 Gust May 6 Ibaraki 4
Tochigi 3
Heavy Rains Starting July 3 Jul. 3 Fukuoka 1
Oita 2
Heavy Rains from Seasonal Rain Front Starting July 11 Jul. 12
Kumamoto 5
Oita 1
Jul. 13 Fukuoka 7
Heavy Rains Starting August 13 Aug. 14 Kyoto 1
Typhoon SANBA (1216) Sep. 15 Kagoshima 1
November 27 Destructive Snow Storm Nov. 27 Hokkaido 7
2013
Heavy Winter Snowfall
Feb. 22 Niigata 8
Feb. 25 Niigata 1
Feb. 26 Yamagata 1
Feb. 28 Yamagata 1
Snow Melt Landslide May 1 Yamagata 1
Heavy Rains Starting July 22 Jul. 22 Yamagata 4
Heavy Rains Starting July 28 Jul. 28 Yamaguchi 3
Shimane 1
Heavy Rains Starting August 9 Aug. 9 Akita 3
Iwate 1
Heavy Rains Starting August 23 Aug. 23 Shimane 1
September 2 Gust Sep. 2 Saitama 2
Typhoon MAN-YI (1318) Sep. 16 Saitama 1
Kyoto 2
Typhoon DANAS (1324) Oct. 7 Kagoshima 1
Typhoon WIPHA (1326) Oct. 16 Tokyo Aforementioned
Chiba 1
A-28
Year Name of Disaster Date of
Invocation Prefecture
No. of Municipalities to
which the Act was applied
2014
Heavy Winter Snowfall
Feb. 15 Nagano 4 Gunma 1
Yamanashi 16
Feb. 17 Gunma 7 Saitama 7
Feb. 18 Gunma 1
Yamanashi 3 Feb. 21 Yamanashi 2
Heavy Rains from Typhoon NEOGURI (1408) Jul. 9 Nagano 1
Yamagata 1 Typhoon NAKRI (1412) Aug. 3 Kochi 1
Typhoon HALONG (1411) Aug. 9 Kochi 3
Tokushima 1
Heavy Rains Starting August 15, 2014 Aug. 17 Kyoto 1 Hyogo 1
Heavy Rains Starting August 19, 2014 Aug. 20 Hiroshima 1 Damage Related to Mt. Ontake Eruption Sep. 27 Nagano 2 Nagano Prefecture Kamishiro Fault Earthquake Nov. 22 Nagano 3 Heavy Snow Starting December 5 Dec. 8 Tokushima 3
2015 Eruption of Kuchinoerabu-jima May 29 Kagoshima 1
Torrential Rain of September 2015 in the Kanto and Tohoku Regions
Sep. 9 Ibaraki 10 Tochigi 8
Sep. 10 Miyagi 8 Typhoon DUJUAN (1521) Sep. 28 Okinawa 1
2016 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Apr. 14 Kumamoto 45
Typhoon LIONROCK (1610) Aug. 30 Hokkaido 20
Iwate 12 2016 Earthquake centered in the central Tottori Prefecture Oct. 21 Tottori 4 2016 Conflagration in Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture Dec. 22 Niigata 1
2017 July 2017 Northern Kyushu Heavy Rain
Jul. 5 Fukuoka 3 Jul. 5 Oita 2 Heavy Rain Starting on July 22, 2017 Jul. 22 Akita 1 Typhoon TALIM (1718) Sep. 17 Oita 2
Typhoon LAN (1721) Oct. 22 Mie 2
Oct. 22 Kyoto 1 Oct. 21 Wakayama 1
2018 Heavy Snow Starting February 4, 2018
Feb. 6 Fukui 8 Feb. 13 Fukui 1 Heavy Snowfall in FY2017 Feb. 14 Niigata 5 2018 Earthquake centered in the northern Osaka Prefecture Jun. 18 Osaka 13
The Heavy Rain Event of July 2018
Jul. 5
Kyoto 9 Hyogo 6 Okayama 19 Hiroshima 15 Ehime 7 Fukuoka 2
Jul. 6
Gifu 17 Hyogo 5 Tottori 10 Shimane 2 Okayama 2 Yamaguchi 1 Kochi 3
Jul. 7 Hyogo 4
Kochi 1
Jul. 8 Gifu 4
Kochi 3 Heavy Rain Starting on August 30, 2018 Aug. 31 Yamagata 7 The 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake Sep. 6 Hokkaido 179
A-29
Year Name of Disaster Date of
Invocation Prefecture
No. of Municipalities to
which the Act was applied
2019 Heavy Rain Event of August 2019 related to the rain front Aug. 28 Saga 20
Disasters caused by Typhoon FAXAI (1915) Sep. 8 Tokyo 1
Electrical blackout due to the influence of 2019 Typhoon FAXAI (1915)
Sep. 9 Chiba 41
Disasters caused by Typhoon HAGIBIS (1919)
Oct. 12
Iwate 14
Miyagi 34
Sendai City 1
Fukushima 55
Ibaraki 30
Tochigi 21
Gunma 30
Saitama 48
Tokyo 28
Kanagawa 17
Kawasaki City 1
Sagamihara City 1
Niigata 3
Yamanashi 20
Nagano 43
Shizuoka 2
-
(Tokyo) Aforementioned
(1)
(Chiba)
Aforementioned (41)
Source: Cabinet Office
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Fig. A-13 Designations of Extremely Severe Disasters in the Past Five Years
Title of Legislation Disaster Name Main Affected
Areas
Main Applicable Measures Other Applicable Measures
Art. 3, 4
Art. 5
Art. 6
Art. 7
Art. 12
Art. 16
Art. 17
Art. 19
Art. 24
Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for Torrential Rains and Rainstorms from June 2 to July 26, 2015
Seasonal Rain Front/Typhoon
CHAN-HOM (1509)/ Typhoon ANGKA (1511)/
Typhoon HALOLA (1512)
Kumamoto Pref. ● ○ ○ *1
Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for the Districts of Odai Town, Taki-gun and Kihoku Town, Kitamuro-gun, Mie Prefecture Due to Rainstorms on August 24 and 26, 2015
Typhoon GONI (1515)
Mie Pref. ● ●
Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for Rainstorms and Torrential Rains from September 7 to 11, 2015
Typhoon ETAU (1518), etc.
Miyagi, Fukushima, Ibaraki, and Tochigi Pref.
● ○ ○ ● ○ *1
Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for Specified Regions in 2015
2015 Regional Disasters
― ● ● ●
Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake
The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake
Kumamoto Pref., etc.
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for Torrential Rains from June 6 to July 15, 2016
Seasonal Rain Front
Kumamoto and Miyazaki Pref.
● ○ ○ *1
Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for Rainstorms and Torrential Rains from August 16 to September 1, 2016
Typhoon CHANTHU
(1607)/ Typhoon MINDULLE
(1609)/ Typhoon LIONROCK
(1610)/ Typhoon KOMPASU (1611), etc.
Hokkaido and Iwate Pref.
○ ○ ○ ○ *2 ● ○ ○ ○ ○
Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for Rainstorms and Torrential Rains from September 17 to 21, 2016
Typhoon MALAKAS (1616)
Miyazaki and Kagoshima Pref.
● ○ ○ ○ *1
Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for Specified Regions in 2016
2016 Regional Disasters
― ● ● ●
Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for Torrential Rains and Rainstorms on June 7 - July 27, 2017
Seasonal Rain Front (Northern Kyushu Heavy
Rain, etc.)/ Typhoon
NANMADOL (1703)
Fukuoka and Oita Pref.
● ○ ○ ● ○ *1
Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for Rainstorms and Torrential Rains on September 15 - 19, 2017
Typhoon TALIM (1718)
Kyoto, Ehime, and Oita Pref.
● ○ ○ *1
Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for Rainstorms on October 21 - 23, 2017
Typhoon LAN (1721)
Niigata and Mie Pref.,
Kinki region
● ○ ○ ○ *1
○
Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for Specified Regions in 2017
2017 Regional Disasters
― ● ● ●
Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for Torrential Rains and Rainstorms from May 20 to July 10, 2018
Seasonal Rain Front (The Heavy Rain
Event of July 2018, etc.)/
Typhoon MALIKSI (1805)/
Typhoon GAEMI (1806)/
Typhoon PRAPIROON
(1807)/ Typhoon
MARIA (1808)
Okayama, Hiroshima and
Ehime Pref.
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Fig. A-13
A-31
Title of Legislation Disaster Name Main Disaster-
Affected Regions
Main Applicable Measures Other Applicable Measures
Art. 3, 4
Art. 5
Art. 6
Art. 7
Art. 12
Art. 16
Art. 17
Art. 19
Art. 24
Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for the Districts of Awashimaura Village, Iwafune-gun, Niigata Prefecture Due to Rainstorms and Torrential Rains from August 20 to September 5, 2018
Typhoons SOULIK (1819),
CIMARON (1820), and JEBI
(1821)
Wakayama, Nara, Osaka, Nagano and Niigata Pref.
● ● ● ● ●
Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake
The 2018 Hokkaido
Eastern Iburi Earthquake
Hokkaido ○ ○ ○ ● ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for Rainstorms from September 28 to October 1, 2018
Typhoon TRAMI (1824)
Tottori, Miyazaki and Kagoshima Pref.
● ○ ○ ○ *1
Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for Specified Regions in 2018
2018 Regional Disasters
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Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for Torrential Rains and Rainstorms from June 6 to July 24, 2019
Seasonal Rain Front/ Typhoon
SEPAT (1903) and DANAS
(1905)
Kagoshima and Kumamoto Pref.
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Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for due to Rainstorms and Torrential Rains from August 13 to September 24, 2018
Heavy Rains from Rain Front and Typhoons KROSA (1910),
LINGLING (1913), FAXAI (1915), and
TAPAH (1917)
Saga and Chiba Pref.
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Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for due to Rainstorms and Torrential Rains from October 11 to 26, 2019
Typhoons HAGIBIS (1919), NEOGURI (1920)
and BUALOI (1921)
Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima,
Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama,
Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa,
Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano and
Shizuoka Pref.
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Cabinet Order on the Extremely Severe Disaster Designation and Identification of Essential Response Measures for Specified Regions in 2019
2019 Regional Disasters
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*1 Public works facilities were considered as regional disaster *2 Limited to portions concerning item 3 [Legend] ○: Indicates a national disaster (Region is not specified, the disaster itself is specified). ●: Indicates a regional disaster (Disaster is specified at the municipal level.). The applicable measures are the measures listed below prescribed in the Act on Special Financial Support to Deal with Extremely Severe Disasters.
[Main applicable measures] Art. 3, 4: Special financial support for disaster recovery projects for public
works facilities Art. 5: Special measures on subsidies for disaster recovery projects for
agricultural land Art. 6: Special cases of subsidies for disaster recovery projects for
agricultural, forestry, and fisheries shared-used facilities Art. 7 (iii): Special financial support for disaster recovery projects for plant
and animal aquaculture facilities Art. 12: Special provision concerning disaster-related credit guarantees
under the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Credit Insurance Act Art 16: Subsidies for disaster recovery projects for public social and
educational facilities Art. 17: Subsidies for disaster recovery projects for private school facilities Art. 19: Special cases of cost coverage for projects implemented by
municipalities to prevent infectious diseases Art. 24: Inclusion of funds for the redemption of principal and interest
related to small disaster bonds in the standard budget request
[Other applicable measures] Art. 8: Application of interim measures related to financing for agricultural,
forestry, and fishery operators who are victims of natural disasters Art. 9: Subsidies for projects to remove deposited earth and sand
conducted by forestry associations Art. 10: Subsidies for projects to remove floodwater conducted by land
improvement districts Art. 11: Subsidies for construction expenses for shared-use small fishing
boats Art. 11-2: Subsidies for disaster recovery projects for forests Art. 14: Subsidies for disaster reconstruction projects for facilities including
business cooperatives Art. 20: Special cases of government loans based on the Act for the Welfare
of Fatherless Families, motherless families and Widows Art. 22: Special cases of subsidies for public housing construction projects
for victims Art. 25: Special cases of paying job seeker benefits based on the
Employment Insurance Act
Source: Cabinet Office
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Fig. A-14 Response of Government Ministries and Agencies to Major Disasters Since 2019
14-1 Earthquake centered offshore of Yamagata Prefecture a seismic intensity [seismic intensity Upper 6]
(1) Damage
At around 10:22 p.m. on June 18, 2019, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake centered offshore of Yamagata Prefecture occurred. The earthquake registered a seismic intensity of Upper 6 in Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture and Lower 6 in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture. As of February 2, 2020, casualties of this earthquake included 9 seriously injured and 34 lightly injured, while damage to homes included 35 half-destroyed and 1,619 partially damaged.
The quake caused considerable damage to tiled roofs in Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture and Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, which were close to the epicenter and at 10:24 p.m. the same day, a tsunami warning was issued for some parts of Yamagata, Niigata and Ishikawa Prefectures and an 11 cm tsunami was recorded at Nezugaseki, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture and an 8 cm tsunami at Akita in Akita Prefecture, Niigata in Niigata Prefecture and at Wajima Port in Ishikawa Prefecture.
(2) Response from Government Ministries and Agencies
Immediately after the earthquake, the government summoned an Emergency Meeting Team at the Cabinet Intensive Information Center. Following instructions of Mr. Abe, Prime Minister, the government held a ministerial meeting the next day to in order to ascertain the extent of the damage and share and confirm the government's response. Subsequently, a government investigation team led by Mr. Yamamoto, then Minister of State for Disaster Management was dispatched to Niigata and Yamagata Prefectures to directly assess damage to Yamakita Junior High School in Murakami City and the Nezugaseki Port in Tsuruoka City, as well as the problems faced by the affected areas and implement disaster response measures.
With the start of the rainy and typhoon seasons as well as a full tourism season, the government took measures to provide financial support to the affected municipalities to repair the roofs of houses and other structures damaged by disaster, countermeasures following reputational damage to the tourism industry after harmful rumors, restoration of roads, ports and harbors, fishing ports and school facilities, support for small- and medium-sized companies and small-scale businesses and financial support for related local governments.
14-2 Heavy Rain Event of August 2019 related to the rain front (1) Damage
The front and humid air resulted in record-breaking heavy rainfall, exceeding 600 mm in northern Kyushu and elsewhere since August 26. In particular, as the threat of serious disasters intensified, with record-breaking heavy rainfall of at least 100 mm per hour recorded at dawn on August 28, an emergency heavy rain warning was issued for Saga, Fukuoka and Nagasaki prefectures at 5:50 a.m. the same day.
As of February 4, 2020, casualties of this heavy rainfall included 4 fatalities and 1 seriously injured person, while damage to homes included 95 completely destroyed, 882 half-destroyed and 905 inundations above floor level. In addition, this heavy rainfall caused oil to spill from an iron factory (in Omachi Town), damaging houses and others and flooding the Rokkaku River and Ushizu River areas.
(2) Response from Government Ministries and Agencies
Under the direction of Mr. Abe, Prime Minister, the government immediately took various emergency disaster control measures, including convening an Emergency Meeting Team and holding a Cabinet meeting and an Inter-Agency Disaster Management Meeting as well as deploying a Cabinet Office advance information-gathering team to the Saga Prefectural Office to support local offices in their disaster response measures and work with the affected local governments to implement disaster response measures.
In the affected areas, units of the Self-Defense Forces, in response to a request from the Saga Prefectural Governor, supported the daily lives of those affected, such as bathing and food service assistance, set up oil fences and set up and collected oil absorption mats in response to oil spills from ironworks, installed and collected oil absorption mats by boat at the mouth of the Rokkaku River to prevent oil spills into the Ariake Sea and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) mobilized drainage pump vehicles and others from regional development bureaus across Japan to drain water from the Rokkaku River to cope with flooding damage.
In addition, given that many people, mainly in Saga Prefecture, were forced to live in evacuation centers, we implemented a “push-mode goods support” program to procure and transport goods without awaiting requests
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from the affected areas and proceeded to improve the living environment at the evacuation centers by procuring and shipping vital daily necessities such as beverages and food.
Due to this heavy rain, the Disaster Relief Act was invoked in respect of 10 cities and 10 towns while the Act on
Support for Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster was invoked in respect of 2 cities and 1 town in Saga Prefecture.
[Invocation of the Disaster Relief Act] [Saga Prefecture] Saga City, Karatsu City, Tosu City, Taku City, Imari City, Takeo City, Kashima City, Ogi City,
Ureshino City, Kanzaki City, Yoshinogari Town in Kanzaki-gun, Kiyama Town in Miyaki-gun, Kamimine Town in Miyaki-gun, Miyaki Town in Miyaki-gun, Genkai Town in Higashi Matsuura-gun, Arita Town in Nishimatsuura-gun, Omachi Town in Kishima-gun, Kouhoku Town in Kishima-gun, Shiraishi Town in Kishima-gun, Tara Town in Fujitsu-gun (Date of invocation: August 28)
[Invocation of the Act on Support for Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster] [Saga Prefecture] Saga City, Takeo City, and Omachi Town in Kishima-gun (Date of occurrence: August 28)
The status of the extremely severe disaster designation for this disaster is as follows: Disasters caused by rainstorms and torrential rains from August 13 to September 24, 2019 (*Heavy rains from
fronts starting from August to September 2019 (including rainstorms from Typhoons Krosa, Lingling, Faxai, and Tapah)).
Announcement of potential designation on September 6 and 20, approved by the Cabinet on October 11 Partial revisions of the Cabinet Order approved by the Cabinet on March 13, 2020(*)
Area Applicable Measures
Nationwide Special measures on subsidies for disaster recovery projects for agricultural land Special cases of subsidies for disaster recovery projects for agricultural, forestry, and fisheries shared-used facilities Inclusion of funds for the redemption of principal and interest related to small disaster bonds in the standard budget request
Niimi City, Okayama Prefecture Taku City and Omachi Town, Saga Prefecture Tsushima City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Special financial support for disaster recovery projects for public works facilities Inclusion of funds for the redemption of principal and interest related to small disaster bonds in the standard budget request
Kyonan Town, Chiba Prefecture Takeo City and Omachi Town, Saga Prefecture
Special provision concerning disaster-related credit guarantees under the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Credit Insurance Act
(Areas added by the Cabinet Order for partial revisions (*) are underlined)
14-3 Typhoon Faxai (1915) (1) Damage
From September 7 to 8, Typhoon Faxai (1915) moved northward from the ocean surrounding the Ogasawara Islands to the Izu Islands, Typhoon Faxai passed near the Miura Peninsula before 3:00 a.m. on September 9 and made powerful landfall near Chiba City before 5:00 a.m. Subsequently, the typhoon blew out offshore of Ibaraki Prefecture on the morning of the same day, but as the typhoon approached and passed Japan, fierce wind and rain hit the Izu Islands, the southern Kanto region and elsewhere. The storm was record-breaking, with many points recording the highest ever maximum wind speeds and maximum instantaneous wind speeds recorded in Japan. In particular, a maximum wind velocity of 35.9 m and maximum instantaneous wind speed of 57.5 m were observed in Chiba City.
In this typhoon, as of December 23, 2019, earthquake victims included 3 fatalities and 13 seriously injured as well as 391 completely destroyed, 4,204 half-destroyed and 72,279 partially destroyed homes. Power outages and water cuts occurred one after another, mainly in Chiba Prefecture, comprising a peak of around 930,000 power outages in households and 140,000 water cuts (maximum) and significantly damaging lifelines, including prolonged restoration work due to the time required to assess damage and dispose of fallen trees at the scene.
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(2) Response from Government Ministries and Agencies On September 6, before the typhoon made landfall, an Inter-Agency Disaster Alert Meeting was held to ensure
evacuation/warning arrangements by the government and on September 8, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) held a special press conference to strongly urge people to take action to protect their own lives and those of their loved ones. Since September 9, the national government dispatched liaison officers to the Chiba Prefectural Government and municipalities to establish a liaison system and on 10, in the presence of Mr. Yamamoto, then Minister of State for Disaster Management, an Inter-Agency Disaster Management Meeting was held (15 meetings were held in total since then). In addition, the same day, a Cabinet Office investigation team was dispatched to Chiba Prefecture and Mr. Takeda, Minister of State for Disaster Management visited Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo Metropolitan Government (on 12: Chiba Prefecture Government Office, Katori City and Tako Town; on 15: Oshima and Niijima in Tokyo; on 16: Tateyama City, Kyonan Town and Kimitsu City in Chiba Prefecture) and Ms. Imai, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Officevisited Chiba Prefecture (on 19: Chiba Prefecture Government Office, Kimitsu City and Futtsu City; on 27: Tateyama City and Sodegaura City) to directly confirm damage and identify needs in affected areas. The entire government assisted the victims.
Given that many people were forced to live in shelters due to power outages and suspension of water supply, etc., the Cabinet approved the use of about 1.32 billion yen in reserve funds on September 17, assisted the victims by procuring and shipping water, food, cardboard beds and other supplies necessary for the living environment and the lives of evacuees in shelters. In addition, the Japanese government made concerted efforts to assist victims; the Self-Defense Forces units provided water and bathing assistance, the Japan Coast Guard used patrol vessels and craft for bathing and water supply assistance and the Japan Tourism Agency met requests from lodging organizations in Chiba Prefecture to provide bathing and cooking assistance.
Besides, in response to Typhoon Faxai (1915), support staff were deployed to affected municipalities based on a “staff allocation system to support local governments in affected areas”, which started operation in March 2018 and saw around 310 staff in the General Adviser Team sent from 9 prefectures and municipalities to nine affected municipalities to support the operations of the disaster management headquarters in the affected areas. In addition, supporting counterparts to 9 affected municipalities were determined and a total of approximately 3,500 support employees were deployed from 16 prefectures and municipalities for building investigation to issue Disaster-Affected Certificates and shelter management.
This typhoon damaged the roofs of quite a few homes and many were also flooded due to rainfall with immediate strong winds, significantly disrupting the daily lives of local people. This was an opportunity to expand the scope of the emergency repair system under the Disaster Relief Law, reflecting the need to ensure stability in the lives of the affected. Specifically, based on the percentage of damage to roofs and walls, etc. of a house (the damage percentage), destroyed houses were formerly classified into four categories: “completely destroyed,” “largely destroyed,” “half-destroyed,” and "less than half-destroyed." This time, “less than half-destroyed” was subdivided into two categories and destruction was subdivided into five categories: where the damage percentage was 10% or more and less than 20%, namely close to half-destroyed, it was redefined as “partial destruction” (quasi-half-destroyed) (the standard amount is 300,000 yen or less) and five new categories of emergency repairs were included. This system, which came into effect on August 28, 2019 and has been supported since heavy rainfall associated with the front in Saga Prefecture in August the same year, covered damage caused by the series of disasters from Typhoons Faxai (1915) to Hagibis (1919) (including the heavy rainfall from October 24 to 26) as well as other disasters to which the Disaster Relief Act was applied.
On February 19, the Japan Meteorological Agency named Typhoon Faxai (1915) in 2019 “2019 Boso Peninsula Typhoon” as a natural disaster that caused remarkable damage.
Due to the typhoon disaster, the Disaster Relief Act was invoked in respect of 2 prefectures and 42
municipalities, while the Act on Support for Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster was invoked in respect of 4 prefectures and 101 municipalities.
[Invocation of the Disaster Relief Act] [Chiba Prefecture] Chuo-ku, Hanamigawa-ku, Inage-ku, Wakaba-ku, and Midori-ku in Chiba City; Choshi City,
Tateyama City, Kisarazu City, Mobara City, Narita City, Sakura City, Togane City, Asahi City, Katsuura City, Ichihara City, Kamogawa City, Kimitsu City, Futtsu City, Yotsukaido City, Sodegaura City, Yachimata City, Inzai City, Tomisato City, Minamiboso City, Sosa City, Katori City, Sammu City, Isumi City, Oamishirasato City, Shisui Town in Inba-gun, Sakae Town in Inba-gun, Kozaki Town in Katori-gun, Tako Town in Katori-gun, Tonosho Town in Katori-gun, Kujukuri Town in Sanbu-gun, Shibayama Town in Sanbu-gun, Yokoshibahikari Town in Sanbu-gun, Ichinomiya Town in Chosei-gun, Mutsuzawa Town in Chosei-gun, Chosei Village in Chosei-gun, Shirako Town in Chosei-gun, Nagara Town in Chosei-gun, Chonan Town in Chosei-gun, Otaki Town in Isumi-gun, and Kyonan Town in Awa-gun (Date of Invocation: September 9)
[Tokyo Metropolis] Tosho Oshima Town (Date of invocation: September 8)
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[Invocation of the Act on Support for Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster] [Ibaraki Prefecture] All areas in the prefecture (Date of occurrence: September 9) [Chiba Prefecture] All areas in the prefecture (Date of occurrence: September 9) [Tokyo Metropolis] Oshima Town and Niijima Village (Date of occurrence: September 8) [Kanagawa Prefecture] Yokohama City (Date of occurrence: September 9)
(*1) Ibaraki Prefecture experienced a series of disasters from Typhoons Faxai (1915) to Hagibis (1919) (*2) Chiba Prefecture experienced a series of disasters from Typhoons Faxai (1915) to heavy rain on October 25
The status of the extremely severe disaster designation for this disaster is as follows: Disasters caused by rainstorms and torrential rains from August 13 to September 24, 2019 (*Heavy rains from
fronts starting from August to September 2019 (including rainstorms from Typhoons Krosa (1910), Lingling (1913), Faxai (1915), and Tapah (1917))).
Announcement of potential designation on September 6 and 20, approved by the Cabinet on October 11 Partial revisions of the Cabinet Order approved by the Cabinet on March 13, 2020(*)
Area Applicable Measures
Nationwide Special measures on subsidies for disaster recovery projects for agricultural land Special cases of subsidies for disaster recovery projects for agricultural, forestry, and fisheries shared-used facilities Inclusion of funds for the redemption of principal and interest related to small disaster bonds in the standard budget request
Niimi City, Okayama Prefecture Taku City and Omachi Town, Saga Prefecture Tsushima City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Special financial support for disaster recovery projects for public works facilities Inclusion of funds for the redemption of principal and interest related to small disaster bonds in the standard budget request
Kyonan Town, Chiba Prefecture Takeo City and Omachi Town, Saga Prefecture
Special provision concerning disaster-related credit guarantees under the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Credit Insurance Act
(Areas added by the Cabinet Order for partial revisions (*) are underlined)
14-4 Typhoon Hagibis (1919) (1) Damage
After making landfall on the Izu Peninsula before 7 p.m. on October 12 with great intensity, Typhoon Hagibis traversed the Kanto region and the East Sea in the Tohoku region before dawn on 13. The rain clouds having developed in the typhoon and the moist air around it caused record rainfall over a wide area in Shizuoka and Niigata Prefectures, as well as in the Kanto-Koshin and Tohoku regions (The total rainfall from 10 to 13 reached 1,000 mm in Hakone Town, Kanagawa Prefecture and exceeded 500 mm at 17 locations, mainly in eastern Japan). This record rainfall meant emergency heavy rain warnings were issued at 3:30 p.m. on 12 for seven prefectures (Shizuoka, Kanagawa, Tokyo, Saitama, Gunma, Yamanashi and Nagano), at 7:50 p.m. on 12 for five prefectures (Ibaraki, Tochigi, Niigata, Fukushima and Miyagi) and at 0:40 a.m. on 13 for Iwate.
Casualties of this typhoon included 94 fatalities/missing and 42 seriously injured as well as damage to houses, including 3,273 completely destroyed, 28,306 half-destroyed, 35.437 partially damaged, and 7,666 with above-floor flooding as of April 10, 2020. In addition, a series of power outages and water cuts occurred in the Kanto-Koshinetsu region, Tohoku region and elsewhere, comprising a maximum of 520,000 power outages in households and about 168,000 water cuts and significantly damaging lifelines.
Many rivers burst: 14 points at seven government-administered rivers of six riverine systems and 128 points in 20 prefectural government-administered rivers of 67 riverine systems. For Nagano City in Nagano Prefecture, the levee breach in the Chikuma River of the Shinano River System resulted in considerable damage and the bridge abutment on the left bank of the Chikuma River bridge on the Ueda Dentetsu Bessho Line, which runs over the Chikuma River, fell over, and in the Abukuma River of the Abukuma River System, sediment and flood inundation occurred in the watershed, and large amounts of sediment flooded the river channel in a slow-gradient section of the Gofukudani River and other tributary rivers and caused wide-spread damages to many houses. (2) Response from Government Ministries and Agencies
The government held a series of Inter-Agency Disaster Alert Meetings on October 8, 2019, before the typhoon approached and on 11 before the typhoon hit Japan to prepare for emergencies. At the same time, Mr. Takeda, Minister of State for Disaster Management appealed for early evacuation and securing safety. In addition, on 11, the
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government held a Ministerial Meeting and Mr. Abe, Prime Minister reaffirmed instructions to make sufficient preparations as well as fully collect information on damage with a sense of tension and to spare no effort in implementing measures to ensure public safety and security. On 13, immediately after the typhoon had passed, the government established the “Major Disaster Management Headquarters for Typhoon Hagibis in 2019,” which held a total of 18 meetings and on 14, the “Team to Support the Daily Lives of Affected People”, comprising administrative vice-minister-class officials of ministries and agencies to determine the extent of damage, the overall coordination of response measures and provide life support activities, etc. based on the problems and needs in the affected areas. On 13, the Cabinet dispatched an investigative team to 6 Prefecture Government Offices in Fukushima, Nagano, Saitama, Miyagi, Tochigi and Ibaraki Prefectures. Government ministries and agencies also dispatched employees to the affected areas to directly coordinate with the heads and executives of local governments for quick decision-making and cross-ministry support. Besides, the government implemented emergency disaster response measures after directly confirming the extent of damage: the deployment of a government investigation team led by Mr. Takeda, Minister of State for Disaster Management (14: Fukushima Prefecture), the visit by Mr. Abe, Prime Minister and Mr. Takeda, Minister of State for Disaster Management to the affected sites (17: Fukushima and Miyagi Prefectures and 20: Nagano Prefecture)(*). Furthermore, on October 18, the government made all possible efforts to promote emergency disaster control measures, e.g. designating Typhoon Hagibis in 2019 a Specified Disaster and taking special measures to protect rights of the affected.
* Mr. Takeda, Minister of State for Disaster Management visited Nagano Prefecture on October 13, Ibaraki, Tochigi and Fukushima Prefectures on 21, Kanagawa Prefecture on 24, Chiba Prefecture on 26 and Iwate Prefecture on 28, Shizuoka Prefecture on November 9 while Ms. Imai, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office visited Chiba Prefecture on October 13, Chiba Prefecture on 14, Nagano Prefecture on 20, Ibaraki, Tochigi and Fukushima Prefectures on 21 and Chiba Prefecture on 26.
The police, Fire and Disaster Management Agency, SDF and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) dispatched units from across Japan to the affected areas immediately after the disasters to conduct rescue and search operations as well as efforts to prevent secondary damage and provide life support. The scale was as follows: the Police Disaster Response Unit conducted around 4,400 operations; the Emergency Fire Rescue Team a total of around 3,000; the Self-Defense Forces mustered around 79,000 personnel and the Technical Emergency Control Force (TEC-FORCE), a total of around 31,000.
In response to Typhoon Hagibis, support staff were deployed to affected municipalities under the “staff allocation system to support local governments in affected areas”: a total of approximately 570 staff in the General Adviser Team were sent from 10 prefectures and municipalities to 10 affected municipalities to support operations of the Disaster Management Headquarters. In addition, supporting counterparts to 27 affected municipalities were determined and a total of approximately 9,300 support employees were deployed from 34 prefectures and municipalities for building investigation to issue Disaster-Affected Certificates and shelter management.
At the 10th meeting of the Major Disaster Management Headquarters held on October 20, Mr. Abe, Prime Minister instructed the government to develop a package to restore the lives and livelihoods of those affected. In responding to his instructions, the government set out measures to meet the needs of disaster victims such as housing reconstruction, support for small- and medium-sized businesses and agricultural, forestry and fishery industries, disaster recovery and smooth disposal of disaster waste and on November 8, the Cabinet approved the use of approximately ¥131.6 billion in reserve funds so that disaster-affected local governments could tackle the issue without worrying about financial resources. On October 29, the Cabinet approved the designation of Typhoon Hagibis as an emergency disaster under the “Act on Reconstruction from Large-Scale Disasters.” It was the second designation since the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake. Disaster recovery projects on six roads, which were requested by the affected local governments, promptly started under their direct representative authority.
Furthermore, on January 30, 2019, the (1st) supplementary budget for FY2019 general account was enacted, which included a budget of approximately 2,308.6 billion yen needed for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction and ensuring safety and security.
On February 19, the Japan Meteorological Agency named Typhoon Hagibis in 2019 as the “2019 Eastern Japan Typhoon.”
Due to the typhoon disaster, the Disaster Relief Act was invoked in respect of 390 municipalities in 14 prefectures while the Act on Support for Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster was invoked in respect of 359 municipalities (*) in 14 prefectures.
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[Invocation of the Disaster Relief Act] [Iwate Prefecture] Miyako City, Ofunato City, Kuji City, Ichinoseki City, Rikuzentakata City, Kamaishi City, Sumita
Town in Kesen-gun, Otsuchi Town in Kamihei-gun, Yamada Town in Shimohei-gun, Iwaizumi Town in Shimohei-gun, Tanohata Village in Shimohei-gun, Fudai Village in Shimohei-gun, Noda Village in Kunohe-gun, and Hirono Town in Kunohe-gun(Date of invocation: October 12)
[Miyagi Prefecture] Sendai City, Ishinomaki City, Shiogama City, Kesennuma City, Shiraishi City, Natori City, Kakuda City, Tagajo City, Iwanuma City, Tome City, Kurihara City, Higashimatsushima City, Osaki City, Tomiya City, Zao Town in Katta-gun, Shichikashuku Town in Katta-gun, Ogawara Town in Shibata-gun, Murata Town in Shibata-gun, Shibata Town in Shibata-gun, Kawasaki Town in Shibata-gun, Marumori Town in Igu-gun, Watari Town in Watari-gun, Yamamoto Town in Watari-gun, Matsushima Town in Miyagi-gun, Shichigahama Town in Miyagi-gun, Rifu Town in Miyagi-gun, Taiwa Town in Kurokawa-gun, Osato Town in Kurokawa-gun, Ohira Village in Kurokawa-gun, Shikama Town in Kami-gun, Kami Town in Kami-gun, Wakuya Town in Toda-gun, Misato Town in Toda-gun, Onagawa Town in Oshika-gun, Minamisanriku Town in Motoyoshi-gun (Date of invocation: October 12)
[Fukushima Prefecture] Fukushima City, Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Koriyama City, Iwaki City, Shirakawa City, Sukagawa City, Kitakata City, Soma City, Nihonmatsu City, Tamura City, Minamisoma City, Date City, Motomiya City, Kori Town in Date-gun, Kunimi Town in Date-gun, Kawamata Town in Date-gun, Otama Village in Adachi-gun, Kagamiishi Town in Iwase-gun, Ten-ei Village in Iwase-gun, Shimogo Town in Minamiaizu-gun, Hinoemata Village in Minamiaizu-gun, Tadami Town in Minamiaizu-gun, Minamiaizu Town in Minamiaizu-gun, Bandai Town in Yama-gun, Inawashiro Town in Yama-gun, Aizubange Town in Kawanuma-gun, Yanaizu Town in Kawanuma-gun, Mishima Town in Onuma-gun, Kaneyama Town in Onuma-gun, Aizumisato Town in Onuma-gun, Nishigo village in Nishishirakawa-gun, Izumizaki Village in Nishishirakawa-gun, Nakajima Village in Nishishirakawa-gun, Yabuki Town in Nishishirakawa-gun, Tanagura Town in Higashishirakawa-gun, Yamatsuri Town in Higashishirakawa-gun, Hanawa Town in Higashishirakawa-gun, Samegawa Village in Higashishirakawa-gun, Ishikawa Town in Ishikawa-gun, Tamakawa Village in Ishikawa-gun, Hirata Village in Ishikawa-gun, Asakawa Town in Ishikawa-gun, Furudono Town in Ishikawa-gun, Miharu Town in Tamura-gun, Ono Town in Tamura-gun, Hirono Town in Futaba-gun, Naraha Town in Futaba-gun, Tomioka Town in Futaba-gun, Kawauchi Village in Futaba-gun, Okuma Town in Futaba-gun, Futaba Town in Futaba-gun, Namie Town in Futaba-gun, Katsurao Village in Futaba-gun, Shinchi Town in Soma-gun, and Iitate Village in Soma-gun. (Date of invocation: October 12)
[Ibaraki Prefecture] Mito City, Hitachi City, Tsuchiura City, Furukawa City, Ishioka City, Yuki City, Shimotsuma City, Joso City, Hitachiota City, Takahagi City, Kitaibaraki City, Kasama City, Tsukuba City, Hitachinaka City, Moriya City, Hitachiomiya City, Naka City, Chikusei City, Bando City, Kasumigaura City, Sakuragawa City, Kamisu City, Hokota City, Tsukubamirai City, Ibaraki Town in Higashiibaraki-gun, Oarai Town in Higashiibaraki-gun, Shirosato Town in Higashiibaraki-gun, Daigo Town in Kuji-gun, Yachiyo Town in Yuki-gun, Sakai Town in Sashima-gun (Date of invocation: October 12)
[Tochigi Prefecture] Utsunomiya City, Ashikaga City, Tochigi City, Sano City, Kanuma City, Nikko City, Ohtawara City, Yaita City, Nasushiobara City, Sakura City, Shimotsuke City, Kaminokawa Town in Kawachi-gun, Motegi Town in Haga-gun, Ichikai Town in Haga-gun, Mibu Town in Shimotsuga-gun, Nasukarasuyama City, Oyama City, Shioya Town in Shioya-gun, Takanezawa Town in Shioya-gun, Nasu Town in Nasu-gun, Nakagawa Town in Nasu-gun (Date of invocation: October 12)
[Gunma Prefecture] Maebashi City, Takasaki City, Kiryu City, Isesaki City, Ota City, Numata City, Tatebayashi City, Shibukawa City, Fujioka City, Tomioka City, Annaka City, Midori City, Shinto Village in Kitagunma-gun, Yoshioka Town Kitagunma-gun, Ueno Village in Tano-gun, Kanna Town in Tano-gun, Shimonita Town in Kanra-gun, Nanmoku Village in Kanra-gun, Kanra Town in Kanra-gun, Nakanojo Town in Agatsuma-gun, Naganohara Town in Agatsuma-gun, Tsumagoi Village in Agatsuma-gun, Kusatsu Town in Agatsuma-gun, Takayama Village in Agatsuma-gun, Higashiagatsuma Town in Agatsuma-gun, Minakami Town in Tone-gun, Tamamura Town in Sawa-gun, Chiyoda Town in Oura-gun, Oizumi Town in Oura-gun, Ora Town in Oura-gun (Date of invocation: October 12)
[Saitama Prefecture] Saitama City, Kawagoe City, Kumagaya City, Kawaguchi City, Gyoda City, Chichibu City, Tokorozawa City, Hanno City, Honjo City, Higashimatsuyama City, Kasukabe City, Sayama City, Fukaya City, Ageo City, Koshigaya City, Warabi City, Toda City, Iruma City, Asaka City, Fujimino City, Shiki City, Wako City, Niiza City, Okegawa City, Yashio City, Fujimi City, Sakado City, Tsurugashima City, Hidaka City, Miyoshi Town in Iruma-gun, Moroyama Town in Iruma-gun, Ogose Town in Iruma-gun, Namekawa Town in Hiki-gun, Arashiyama Town in Hiki-gun, Ogawa Town in Hiki-gun, Kawajima Town in Hiki-gun, Yoshimi Town in Hiki-gun, Hatoyama Town in Hiki-gun, Tokigawa Town in Hiki-gun, Yokose Town in Chichibu-gun, Minano Town in Chichibu-gun, Nagatoro Town in Chichibu-gun, Ogano Town in Chichibu-gun, Higashichichibu
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Village in Chichibu-gun, Misato Town in Kodama-gun, Kamikawa Town in Kodama-gun, Kamisato Town in Kodama-gun, Yorii Town in Osato-gun (Date of invocation: October 12)
[Tokyo Metropolis] Sumida-ku, Ota-ku, Setagaya-ku, Toshima-ku, Kita-ku, Itabashi-ku, Nerima-ku, Hachioji City, Tachikawa City, Ome City, Fuchu City, Akishima City, Chofu City, Machida City, Koganei City, Hino City, Fussa City, Komae City, Higashiyamato City, Musashimurayama City, Tama City, Inagi City, Hamura City, Akiruno City, Mizuho Town in Nishitama-gun, Hinode Town in Nishitama-gun, Hinohara Village in Nishitama-gun, Okutama Town in Nishitama-gun (Date of invocation: October 12)
[Kanagawa Prefecture] Kawasaki City, Sagamihara City, Hiratsuka City, Odawara City, Chigasaki City, Hadano City, Atsugi City, Isehara City, Ebina City, Zama City, Minamiashigara City, Samukawa Town in Koza-gun, Oi Town in Ashigarakami-gun, Matsuda Town in Ashigarakami-gun, Yamakita Town in Ashigarakami-gun, Hakone Town in Ashigarashimo-gun, Yugawara Town in Ashigarashimo-gun, Aikawa Town in Aiko-gun, and Kiyokawa Village in Aiko-gun (Date of invocation: October 12)
[Niigata Prefecture] Joetsu City, Itoigawa City, and Myoko City (Date of invocation: October 12) [Yamanashi Prefecture] Fujiyoshida City, Tsuru City, Yamanashi City, Otsuki City, Nirasaki City, Minami-Alps City,
Hokuto City, Fuefuki City, Uenohara City, Ichikawamisato Town in Nishiyatsushiro-gun, Hayakawa Town in Minamikoma-gun, Minobu Town in Minamikoma-gun, Nanbu Town in Minamikoma-gun , Fujikawa Town in Minamikoma-gun ,Doshi Village in Minamitsuru-gun, Narusawa Village in Minamitsuru-gun, , Fujikawaguchiko Town in Minamitsuru-gun, Kosuge Village in Kitatsuru-gun and Tabayama Village in Kitatsuru-gun (Date of invocation: October 12)
[Nagano Prefecture] Nagano City, Matsumoto City, Ueda City, Okaya City, Suwa City, Suzaka City, Komoro City, Ina City, Nakano City, Iiyama City, Chino City, Shiojiri City, Saku City, Chikuma City, Tomi City, Azumino City, Koumi Town in Minamisaku-gun, Kawakami Village in Minamisaku-gun, Nanmoku Village in Minamisaku-gun, Minamiaiki Village in Minamisaku-gun, Kitiaiki Village in Minamisaku-gun, Sakuho Town in Minamisaku-gun, Karuizawa Town in Kitasaku-gun, Miyota Town in Kitasaku-gun, Tateshina Town in Kitasaku-gun, Aoki Village in Chiisagata-gun, Nagawa Town in Chiisagata-gun, Fujimi Town in Suwa-gun, Hara Village in Suwa-gun, Tatsuno Town in Kamiina-gun, Miyata Village in Kamiina-gun, Kiso Town in Kiso-gun, Omi Village in Higashichikuma-gun, Ikusaka Village in Higashichikuma-gun, Chikuhoku Village in Higashichikuma-gun, Sakaki Town in Hanishina-gun, Obuse Town in Kamitakai-gun, Takayama Village in Kamitakai-gun, Yamanouchi Town in Shimotakai-gun, Kijimadaira Village in Shimotakai-gun, Nozawaonsen Village in Shimotakai-gun, Iizuna Town in Kamiminochi-gun, and Sakae village in Shimominochi-gun (Date of invocation: October 12)
[Shizuoka Prefecture] Izunokuni City, Kannami Town in Tagata-gun (Date of invocation: October 12)
(*) In the municipalities of Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo Metropolis* where the Disaster Relief Act was applied in Typhoon Faxai, the Disaster Relief Act is also applied to Typhoon Hagibis as the lives and bodies of many people were threatened or might be harmed due to the disaster caused by Typhoon Hagibis in 2019 and are in need of continuous rescue.
[Chiba Prefecture] Chuo-ku, Hanamigawa-ku, Inage-ku, Wakaba-ku, and Midori-ku in Chiba City; Choshi City, Tateyama City, Kisarazu City, Mobara City, Narita City, Sakura City, Togane City, Asahi City, Katsuura City, Ichihara City, Kamogawa City, Kimitsu City, Futtsu City, Yotsukaido City, Sodegaura City, Yachimata City, Inzai City, Tomisato City, Minamiboso City, Sosa City, Katori City, Sammu City, Isumi City, Oamishirasato City, Shisui Town in Inba-gun, Sakae Town in Inba-gun, Kozaki Town in Katori-gun, Tako Town in Katori-gun, Tonosho Town in Katori-gun, Kujukuri Town in Sanbu-gun, Shibayama Town in Sanbu-gun, Yokoshibahikari Town in Sanbu-gun, Ichinomiya Town in Chosei-gun, Mutsuzawa Town in Chosei-gun, Chosei Village in Chosei-gun, Shirako Town in Chosei-gun, Nagara Town in Chosei-gun, Chonan Town in Chosei-gun, Otaki Town in Isumi-gun, and Kyonan Town in Awa-gun
[Tokyo Metropolis] Tosho Oshima Town
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[Invocation of the Act on Support for Reconstructing Livelihoods of the Affected due to Disaster] [Iwate Prefecture] Yamada Town, Miyako City, Kamaishi City, and Kuji City (Date of occurrence: October 12) [Miyagi Prefecture] All areas in the prefecture (Date of occurrence: October 12) [Fukushima Prefecture] All areas in the prefecture (Date of occurrence: October 12) [Ibaraki Prefecture] All areas in the prefecture (Date of occurrence: October 12) (*1) [Tochigi Prefecture] Utsunomiya City, Ashikaga City, Tochigi City, Sano City, Kanuma City, Oyama City,
Nasukarasuyama City, Motegi Town (Date of occurrence: October 12) [Gunma Prefecture] Tomioka City and Tsumagoi Village (Date of occurrence: October 12) [Saitama Prefecture] All areas in the prefecture (Date of occurrence: October 12) [Chiba Prefecture] All areas in the prefecture (Date of occurrence: September 9) (*2) [Tokyo Metropolis] Akiruno City, Hinode Town, Hinohara Village, Ota-ku, Hachioji City and Setagaya-ku (Date of
occurrence: October 12) [Kanagawa Prefecture] Kawasaki City and Sagamihara City (Date of occurrence: October 12) [Niigata Prefecture] Aga Town (Date of occurrence: October 12) [Yamanashi Prefecture] Uenohara City (Date of occurrence: October 12) [Nagano Prefecture] All areas in the prefecture (Date of occurrence: October 12) [Shizuoka Prefecture] Izunokuni City, Kannami Town in Tagata-gun, and Izu City (Date of occurrence: October 12)
(*1) Ibaraki Prefecture experienced a series of disasters from Typhoons Faxai to Hagibis (*2) Chiba Prefecture experienced a series of disasters from Typhoons Faxai to heavy rain on October 25
The status of the extremely severe disaster designation for this disaster is as follows: Disasters caused by rainstorms and torrential rains from October 11 to 26, 2019 (*Disasters causing rain storms
from Typhoons Hagibis, Neoguri, and Bualoi). Announcement of potential designation on October 18 and 21, approved by the Cabinet on October 29 Additional announcement of potential designation on November 19 Partial revisions of the Cabinet Order approved by the Cabinet on November 29, 2019 (*1) and April 30, 2020
(*2)
Area Applicable Measures
Nationwide Special financial support for disaster recovery projects for public works facilities Special measures on subsidies for disaster recovery projects for agricultural land Special cases of subsidies for disaster recovery projects for agricultural, forestry, and fisheries shared-used facilities Subsidies for waterlogging removal projects conducted by land improvement districts, etc. Special provision concerning disaster-related credit guarantees under the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Credit Insurance Act (The cabinet order for partial revision (*2) extends the special provision application period.) Subsidies for disaster recovery projects of facilities including business cooperatives Subsidies for disaster recovery projects for public social and educational facilities Subsidies for disaster recovery projects for private school facilities Special cases of cost coverage for projects implemented by municipalities to prevent infectious diseases Special cases of government loans based on the Act for the Welfare of Fatherless Families, motherless families and Widows Special cases of subsidies for public housing construction projects for victims Inclusion of funds for the redemption of principal and interest related to small disaster bonds in the standard budget request Special cases of paying job seeker benefits based on the Employment Insurance Act
(Applicable measures added by the Cabinet Order for partial revisions (*1) are underlined.)
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Fig. A-15 Trends in Facility Damage and the Amount and as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Note: Gross domestic product (GDP) figures up to 1993 are based on the 2000 standard (SNA 1993), while those for 1994 onward are
based on the 2011 standard (SNA 2008)
Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on materials from various ministries and agencies
Fig. A-16 Facility Damage Due to Disasters in 2017, by Hazard
(Unit: JPY 1 million)
Facility type Typhoon Torrential
rain Earthquake
Heavy snowfall
Other Total Notes
Public works 403,887 39,371 52,729 0 16,919 512,907 Rivers, forestry conservation facilities, ports, etc.
Agriculture, forest, and fisheries industry
42,594 319,377 61,487 169 8,508 432,135
Farmland, agricultural facilities, forestry roads, fishing facilities, etc.
Educational facilities 6,938 18,999 9,449 68 442 35,895 School facilities, cultural heritages, etc.
Public welfare facilities
2,498 37,274 8,713 0 48 48,533 Social welfare facilities, waterworks facilities, etc.
Other facilities 8,6055 6,699 2,324 0 0 17,629 Nature parks, telegraph/telephone, urban facilities, etc.
Total 464,522 421,721 134,702 236 25,916 1,047,098
Note: Totals may not agree due to rounding. Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on materials from various ministries and agencies
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Fig. A-17 Comparison of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the Sumatra Earthquake
Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (Japan)
Great East Japan Earthquake (Japan)
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
Date & time 5:46 a.m., Jan. 17, 1995 2:46 p.m., March 11, 2011 9:58 a.m., Dec. 26, 2004
Magnitude M7.3 *Mw9.0 *Mw9.1
Earthquake type Inland Oceanic trench Oceanic trench
Affected area City center Mainly agricultural, forestry,
and fishery regions Mainly agricultural, forestry,
and fishery regions
No. of prefectures with seismic intensity of Lower 6 or higher
1 (Hyogo) 8 (Miyagi, Fukushima, Ibaraki,
Tochigi, Iwate, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba)
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Tsunami Reports of tsunami measuring
tens of centimeters, no damage
Large tsunami observed in various regions (max. wave
height of more than 9.3 m in Soma, more than 8.5 m in
Miyako, more than 8.0 m in Ofunato)
Large tsunami observed in Indonesia as well as other
countries with coastline along the Indian Ocean
Damage characteristics Structures destroyed, large
fires erupted mainly in Nagata-ku
Large tsunami caused massive damage in coastal areas, destruction across many
districts
Large tsunami caused damage to countries with coastline
along the Indian Ocean, with Indonesia suffering particularly
massive damage
Fatalities Missing persons
Fatalities: 6,437 Missing persons: 3
(May 19, 2006)
Fatalities: 19,729 Missing persons: 2,559 (as of March 1, 2020)
Fatalities: 126,732 Missing persons: 93,662 (as of March 30, 2005)
Homes damaged (totally destroyed)
104,906 121,995
(as of March 1, 2019) Unknown*
Invocation of the Disaster Relief Act
25 municipalities (2 prefectures)
241 municipalities (10 prefectures)
*Including 4 municipalities (2 prefectures) that invoked the
Act for an earthquake centered in northern Nagano prefecture
in2011
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Seismic intensity distribution map (showing seismic intensity of 4 and above)
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* Mw: Moment magnitude Note: The seismic intensity levels were revised in 1996 to newly add Lower 5, Upper 5, Lower 6, and Upper 6. Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office from Cabinet Office materials, Fire and Disaster Management Agency materials, and
UNOCHA materials.
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Fig. A-18 Damage Estimate for the Great East Japan Earthquake
June 24, 2011
Category Damage (Approx. Value)
Structures (Homes/housing sites, stores/offices, factories, machines, etc.)
JPY 10.4 trillion
Lifeline facilities (Water, gas, electricity, communications/broadcasting facilities)
JPY 1.3 trillion
Infrastructure facilities (Rivers, roads, ports, sewers, airports, etc.)
JPY 2.2 trillion
Agriculture, forest, and fisheries-related facilities (Farmland/agricultural facilities, forests and fields, fisheries-related facilities, etc.)
JPY 1.9 trillion
Other (Educational facilities, healthcare/social welfare facilities, waste treatment facilities, other public facilities)
JPY 1.1 trillion
Total JPY 16.9 trillion
Note: This information has been compiled by Disaster Management Bureau of the Cabinet Office based on information provided by individual prefectures and relevant ministries and agencies regarding damage to property (including buildings, lifeline facilities, and infrastructure facilities). Information is subject to change as the details become clear.
Source: Cabinet Office
Fig. A-18
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Fig. A-19 Main Volcanic Eruptions and Volcanic Disasters in Japan
Year of Eruption
Name of Volcano No. of
Victims Eruption and Damage Characteristics
1640 Hokkaido-Komagatake* At least 700 Sector collapse, debris flow, tsunami, large amount of falling ash, pyroclastic flow
1663 Usuzan* 5 Nearby homes disappeared or were buried
1664 Unzendake At least 30 Lava flow, flood of water from crater
1667 Tarumaesan* Pyroclastic flow, large amount of falling ash/pumice
1694 Hokkaido-Komagatake Eruption with earthquake/volcanic thunder, falling pumice stone, pyroclastic flow
1707 Fujisan * "Great Hoei eruption," large amount of falling ash, landslide disaster after eruption
1721 Asamayama 15 Cinders
1739 Tarumaesan * Pyroclastic flow, large amount of falling ash/pumice
1741 Oshima-Oshima 1,467 Sector collapse, large tsunami occurred due to debris avalanche
1769 Usuzan Large amount of falling ash/pumice, pyroclastic flow
1777 Izu-Oshima "Great Anei eruption," lava flow, scoria fall
1779 Sakurajima* At least 150 "Great Anei eruption," cinders, lava flow
1781 Sakurajima 15 Eruption on an island off of Komen, tsunami
1783 Asamayama 1,151 "Great Tenmei eruption," pyroclastic flow, lava flow, flooding of Agatsuma River and Tone River
1785 Aogashima 130–140 Cinders, mud, more than one-third of islanders became victims. Uninhabited island for more than 50 years thereafter
1792 Unzendake 15,000 "Shimabara taihen, Higo meiwaku," tsunami on opposing shore due to collapse of Mt. Mayuyama
1822 Usuzan 50–103 Pyroclastic flow, former Abuta village totally destroyed
1853 Usuzan Large amount of volcanic ash/pumice, formation of lava dome, pyroclastic flow
1856 Hokkaido-Komagatake 21–29 Falling pumice, pyroclastic flow
1888 Bandaisan* 461–477 5 towns and 11 villages buried in debris avalanche, debris flow (volcanic mud flow)
1900 Adatarayama 72 Cinders, sulfur mine at crater totally destroyed
1902 Izu-Torishima 125 All islanders became victims
1914 Sakurajima* 58 "Great Taisho eruption," volcanic thunder, lava flow, earthquake, air wave, villages buried, large amount of falling ash
1926 Tokachidake 144 Larger mudflow, towns of Kamifurano and Biei buried
1929 Hokkaido-Komagatake 2 Large amount of falling ash/pumice, pyroclastic flow, volcanic gas damage
1940 Miyakejima 11 Large amount of volcanic ash/volcanic bombs, lava flow
1952 Beyonesu (Bayonnaise) Rocks (Myojin-sho)
31 Pyroclastic surge
1943–45 Usuzan 1 Large amount of volcanic ash, cinders, formation of Showa-shinzan (new mountain)
1958 Asosan 12 Cinders
1991 Unzendake 43 Pyroclastic flow, debris flow
2014 Ontakesan 58 Cinders *Indicates eruptions with apparent volume of ejecta of more than 1 km3 Note: Lists "Eruption disasters with 10 or more fatalities and/or missing persons" and "Large eruptions with an apparent volume
of ejecta of 0.1 km3 or more" Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on the National Catalogue of the Active Volcanoes in Japan (4th Edition) (edited
by the Japan Meteorological Agency, 2013).
Fig. A-19
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Fig. A-20 Number of Sediment Disasters
Source: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Fig. A-21 Increase in the frequency of short-duration downpours Source: Japan Meteorological Agency (website)
Fig. A-20
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Japan Meteorological Agency
As of December 31, 2019 Debris flow Landslide Slope failure
Number of fatalities/ missing persons
2010-2019 Average 1,475
(Year)
Year
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Fig. A-22 Number of Tornados
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency.
Tornado Distribution Map Whole of Japan: 1961–2017
Fig. A-22
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Fig. A-23 Major Natural Disasters in the World Since 1900
Year Disaster Type GLIDE number Country (Areas) Fatalities/Missing Persons (approx.)
1900 Hurricane Galveston Texas, USA 6,000
1902 Volcanic Eruption Martinique (West Indies, Mt. Pelée) 29,000
1902 Volcanic Eruption Santa Maria Volcano, Guatemala 6,000
1905 Earthquake Northern India 20,000
1906 Earthquake (Chiayi earthquake) Taiwan 6,000
1906 Earthquake/Fire San Francisco, USA 1,500
1906 Earthquake Chile 20,000
1906 Typhoon Hong Kong 10,000
1907 Earthquake Tianshan, China 12,000
1907 Earthquake Uzbekistan (former Soviet Union) 12,000
1908 Earthquake (Messina earthquake) Sicily, Italy 75,000
1911 Flood China 100,000
1911 Volcanic Eruption Taal Volcano, Philippines 1,300
1912 Typhoon Wenzhou, China 50,000
1915 Earthquake Central Italy 30,000
1916 Landslide Italy, Austria 10,000
1917 Earthquake Bali, Indonesia 15,000
1918 Earthquake Guangdong, China 10,000
1919 Volcanic Eruption Kelut Volcano, Indonesia 5,200
1920 Earthquake/Landslide (Haiyuan earthquake)
Gansu, China 180,000
1922 Typhoon Shantou, China 100,000
1923 Earthquake/Fire (Great Kanto earthquake)
Southeast Kanto region, Japan 143,000
1927 Earthquake (Kitatango earthquake) Northern Kyoto, Japan 2,930
1927 Earthquake Nanchang, China 200,000
1928 Hurricane/Flood Florida, USA 2,000
1930 Volcanic Eruption Merapi volcano, Indonesia 1,400
1931 Flood Coastal areas of the Yangtze River and
other rivers in China 3,700,000
1932 Earthquake (Gansu earthquake) Gansu, China 70,000
1933 Flood Henan, China 18,000
1933 Tsunami (Showa Sanriku Tsunami) Sanriku, Japan 3,000
1933 Earthquake China 10,000
1935 Flood China 142,000
1935 Earthquake (Quetta Earthquake) Baltistan, Pakistan 60,000
1939 Earthquake/Tsunami Chile 30,000
1939 Flood Hunan, China 500,000
1939 Earthquake Eastern Turkey 32,962
1942 Cyclone Bangladesh 61,000
1942 Cyclone Orissa, India 40,000
1943 Earthquake Tottori, Japan 1,083
1944 Earthquake (Showa Tonankai Earthquake)
Tonankai, Japan 1,200
1944 Earthquake Midwestern Argentina 10,000
1945 Earthquake (Mikawa Earthquake) Aichi, Japan 2,300
1945 Typhoon (Typhoon Makurazaki) Western Japan 3,700
1946 Earthquake/Tsunami (Showa Nankai Earthquake)
Nankai, Japan 1,400
1947 Typhoon (Typhoon Kathleen) North of Tohoku, Japan 1,900
1948 Earthquake (Fukui Earthquake) Fukui, Japan 3,900
1948 Earthquake (Ashgabat Earthquake) Turkmenistan (former Soviet Union) 110,000
1949 Earthquake/Landslide Tajikistan (former Soviet Union) 12,000
1949 Flood China 57,000
1949 Flood Guatemala 40,000
1951 Volcanic Eruption Mt. Lamington, Papua New Guinea 2,900
1953 Flood Coastal areas of the North Sea 1,800
1953 Flood Kyushu, Japan 1,000
1953 Flood Honshu, Japan 1,100
1954 Flood China 40,000
1954 Typhoon (Typhoon MARIE (5415)) Japan 1,700
1959 Flood China 2,000,000
1959 Typhoon (Typhoon VERA (5915)) Japan 5,100
1960 Flood Bangladesh 10,000
1960 Earthquake Southwestern Morocco 12,000
1960 Earthquake/Tsunami Chile 6,000
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Year Disaster Type GLIDE number Country (Areas) Fatalities/Missing Persons (approx.)
1961 Cyclone Bangladesh 11,000
1962 Earthquake Northwestern Iran 12,000
1963 Cyclone Bangladesh 22,000
1965 Cyclone Bangladesh 36,000
1965 Cyclone Southern Pakistan 10,000
1968 Earthquake Northwestern Iran 12,000
1970 Earthquake Yunnan, China 10,000
1970 Earthquake/Landslide Northern Peru 70,000
1970 Cyclone Bhola Bangladesh 300,000
1971 Cyclone Orissa, India 10,000
1972 Earthquake (Managua earthquake) Nicaragua 10,000
1974 Earthquake Yunnan and Sichuan, China 20,000
1974 Flood Bangladesh 28,700
1975 Earthquake Liaoning, China 10,000
1976 Earthquake (Guatemala earthquake) Guatemala 24,000
1976 Earthquake (Tangshan earthquake) Tianjin, China 242,000
1977 Cyclone Andhra Pradesh, India 20,000
1978 Earthquake Northeastern Iran 25,000
1982 Volcanic Eruption El Chichon Volcano, Mexico 17,000
1985 Cyclone Bangladesh 10,000
1985 Earthquake Mexico City, Mexico 10,000
1985 Volcanic Eruption Nevado del Ruiz Volcano, Colombia 22,000
1986 Toxic gas Lake Nyos, Western Cameroon 1,700
1986 Earthquake San Salvador, El Salvador 1,000
1987 Earthquake Northwestern Ecuador 5,000
1987 Flood Bangladesh 1,000
1988 Earthquake India, Nepal 1,000
1988 Flood Bangladesh 2,000
1988 Earthquake (Spitak Earthquake) Armenia (former Soviet Union) 25,000
1988 Earthquake Yunnan, China 1,000
1989 Flood India 1,000
1989 Flood/Landslide Sichuan, China 2,000
1990 Earthquake (Manjil Earthquake) Northern Iran 41,000
1990 Earthquake Philippines 2,000
1991 Cyclone/Storm Surge Chittagong, Bangladesh 137,000
1991 Flood Jiangsu, China 1,900
1991 Typhoon THELMA (9125) Philippines 6,000
1992 Flood Pakistan 1,300
1992 Earthquake/Tsunami Indonesia 2,100
1993 Flood Nepal 1,800
1993 Earthquake (Maharashtra Earthquake) India 9,800
1993 Flood India 1,200
1994 Torrential Rain, Flood India 2,000
1994 Typhoon, Flood Six Southern Provinces of China 1,000
1994 Tropical Storm Haiti 1,100
1995 Earthquake (Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake)
Japan 6,300
1995 Earthquake Russia 1,800
1995 Flood China 1,200
1996 Flood/Typhoon Seven southern and five northern and
northwestern provinces of China 2,800
1996 Typhoon/Flood Viet Nam 1,000
1997 Earthquake EQ-1997-000095-IRN Eastern Iran 1,600
1997 Flood FL-1997-000260-IND India 1,400
1997 Flood FL-1997-000265-SOM Southern Somalia 2,000
1997 Typhoon LINDA (9726) TC-1997-000007-VNM Southern Viet Nam 3,700
1998 Earthquake EQ-1998-000026-AFG Northern Afghanistan 2,300
1998 Earthquake EQ-1998-000152-AFG Northern Afghanistan 4,700
1998 Flood/Landslide FL-1998-000392-IND Assam state, India 3,000
1998 Cyclone India 2,900
1998 Flood FL-1998-000203-BGD Bangladesh 1,000
1998 Flood FL-1998-000165-CHN Coastal areas of the Yangtze River and other rivers in China
3,700
1998 Tsunami (Aitape Tsunami) TS-1998-000220-PNG Papua New Guinea 2,600
1998 Hurricane Mitch TC-1998-000012-HND Honduras, Nicaragua 17,000
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Year Disaster Type GLIDE number Country (Areas) Fatalities/Missing Persons (approx.)
1999 Earthquake (Quindio Earthquake) EQ-1999-000007-COL Mid-western Colombia 1,200
1999 Earthquake (Izmit Earthquake) EQ-1999-000008-TUR Western Turkey 15,500
1999 Earthquake (Chi-Chi earthquake) EQ-1999-000321-TWN Taiwan 2,300
1999 Cyclone ST-1999-000425-IND India 9,500
2000 Flood Venezuela 30,000
2001 Earthquake (Gujarat earthquake) EQ-2001-000033-IND India 20,000
2001 Earthquake EQ-2001-000013-SLV El Salvador 1,200
2003 Earthquake EQ-2003-000074-DZA Northern Algeria 2,300
2003 Earthquake (Bam earthquake) EQ-2003-000630-IRN Iran 26,800
2004 Flood FL-2004-000028-HTI Haiti 2,700
2004 Hurricane TC-2004-000089-JAM USA, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Haiti 3,000
2004 Earthquake, Tsunami (2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami)
TS-2004-000147-LKA TS-2004-000147-IDN TS-2004-000147-MDV TS-2004-000147-IND TS-2004-000147-THA TS-2004-000147-MYS TS-2004-000147-MMR TS-2004-000147-SOM TS-2004-000147-BGD
Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Maldives, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, Bangladesh, Kenya
Over 226,000
2005 Flood/Landslide FL-2005-000125-IND India 1,200
2005 Hurricane Katrina TC-2005-000144-USA USA 1,800
2005 Rainstorm ST-2005-000162-IND ST-2005-000162-BGD
India, Bangladesh 1,300
2005 Hurricane Stan/Flood TC-2005-000171-GTM FL-2005-000171-SLV
Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico 1,500
2005 Earthquake (Pakistan earthquake) EQ-2005-000174-PAK EQ-2005-000174-IND
Pakistan and northern India 75,000
2006 Landslide LS-2006-000024-PHL Philippines 1,100
2006 Earthquake/Volcanic Eruption VO-2006-000048-IDN Merapi volcano, Indonesia 5,800
2006 Typhoon XANGSANE (0615) TC-2006-000144-PHL Luzon, Philippines 1,400
2007 Heavy Rain, Flood FL-2007-000096-IND India 1,100
2007 Cyclone Sidr TC-2007-000208-BGD Bangladesh 4,200
2008 Earthquake (Great Sichuan Earthquake)
EQ-2008-000062-CHN China 87,500
2008 Cyclone Nargis TC-2008-000057-MMR Myanmar 138,400
2008 Flood FL-2008-000089-IND North-eastern India 1,100
2009 Earthquake (2009 Sumatra Earthquake)
EQ-2009-000273-IDN Indonesia 1,200
2009 Flood FL-2009-000217-IND Southern India 1,200
2010 Earthquake (Haiti Earthquake) EQ-2010-000009-HTI Haiti 222,600
2010 Earthquake (Yushu Earthquake) EQ-2010-000073-CHN Qinghai, China 3,000
2010 Flood FL-2010-000141-PA North-western Pakistan 2,000
2010 Torrential Rain, Debris Flow LS-2010-000156-CHN Yangtze River Basin, China 1,800
2011 Earthquake, Tsunami (Great East Japan Earthquake)
EQ-2011-000028-JPN Tohoku and Kanto regions, Japan 19,000
2011 Typhoon WASHI (1121) TC-2011-000189-PH Mindanao, Philippines 1,400
2012 Typhoon BOPHA (1224) TC-2012-000197-PHL Mindanao, Philippines 1,900
2013 Flood FL-2013-000070-IND Northern India 1,500
2013 Typhoon HAIYAN (1330) TC-2013-000139-PHL Leyte, Philippines 6,200
2015 Earthquake (Nepal Earthquake) EQ-2015-000048-NPL Nepal 9,000
2018 Earthquake, Tsunami EQ-2018-000156-IDN Sulawesi, Indonesia 3,400
2019 Flood FL-2019-000084-IND India 1,900
Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on the OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database (EM-DAT) (www.emdat.be), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels (Belgium), and Chronological Scientific Tables
Note) GLIDE number (GLobal unique disaster IDEntifier number) was proposed by the Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) in 2001 to share disaster information between different databases by allocating a common and unique disaster number to each of various disasters in the world, and operated jointly by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA, ReliefWeb) for use of numerous disaster-related organizations. The number does not cover all kinds of disasters because it is allocated for a disaster when the relevant organization decides to allocate as required according to respective criteria. If the use of GLIDE is more common in disaster-related organizations in the future, more information on disasters can be shared.
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Fig. A-24 Top 10 Largest Earthquakes Since 1900 (As of February 19, 2020)
Ranking Date (Japan Time) Location Magnitude
(Mw)
1 May 23, 1960 Chile 9.5
2 March 28, 1964 Gulf of Alaska 9.2
3 December 26, 2004 Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia 9.1
4 March 11, 2011
Off the Sanriku Coast, Japan (2011 Great East Japan Earthquake)
9.0
November 5, 1952 Kamchatka Peninsula 9.0
6 February 27, 2010 Offshore Maule, Chile 8.8
February 1, 1906 Offshore Ecuador 8.8
8 February 4, 1965 Aleutian Islands, Alaska 8.7
9 August 16, 1950 Tibet, Assam 8.6
April 11, 2012 Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia 8.6
March 29, 2005 Northern Sumatra, Indonesia 8.6
March 10, 1957 Aleutian Islands, Alaska 8.6
April 1, 1946 Aleutian Islands, Alaska 8.6 *Mw: Moment magnitude *The magnitude (Mw) of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake is based on materials from JMA. Source: US Geological Survey
Fig. A-25 Major Natural Disasters Since 2019
Date Country Disaster Type Fatalities Affected People
Direct Damages (USD 1,000)
Jan.-Feb. 2019 Pakistan Drought 77 4,680,912 0
Jan.-Feb. 2019 North Korea Drought 0 10,100,000 0
Jan.-Sep. 2019 Kenya Drought 0 2,600,000 0
Jan. 1-Dec 31, 2019 South Africa Drought 0 750,000 135,000
Jan. 4, 2019 Thailand Tropical cyclone 7 720,885 0
Jan. 11-24, 2019 Algeria Cold wave 8 125,025 0
Jan. 18-21, 2019 USA Rainstorms 10 0 100,000
Jan. 27-Feb. 9, 2019 Australia Flood 3 9,900 2,000,000
Feb.-Dec. 2019 Zimbabwe Drought 0 7,600,000 0
Feb.-Oct. 2019 Somalia Drought 0 1,500,000 0
Feb. 24-Apr. 10, 2019 Bolivia Flood 60 335,540 0
Mar. 15, 2019 Mozambique Rainstorms 603 1,501,500 2,000,000
Mar. 2, 2019 Afghanistan Flood 63 129,100 0
Mar. 3-4, 2019 USA Rainstorms 28 90 190,000
Mar. 4-10, 2019 Malawi Flood 60 975,672 0
Mar. 12-28, 2019 USA Flood 5 2,000 10,000,000
Mar. 14, 2019 Zimbabwe Rainstorms 628 270,086 0
Mar. 16-18, 2019 Indonesia Flood 206 59,540 103,000
Mar. 19-Apr. 10, 2019 Iran Flood 70 10,001,076 2,500,000
Mar. 30-Apr. 3, 2019 Syria Flood 2 235,000 0
Apr. 1-May 13, 2019 Paraguay Flood 16 310,595 0
Apr. 12-15, 2019 USA Rainstorms 8 177 925,000
Apr. 24-25, 2019 Comoros Tropical cyclone 8 345,311 0
Apr. 25, 2019 Mozambique Tropical cyclone 45 400,094 230,000
Apr. 26, 2019 Tanzania Tropical cyclone 0 2,000,000 0
Apr. 27-May. 5, 2019 Canada Flood 1 19,500 800,000
May-Dec. 2019 Namibia Drought 0 289,644 0
May 2019 Paraguay Flood 0 310,595 0
May 3, 2019 India Tropical cyclone 50 20,000,000 1,810,000
Jun. 16-Jul. 1, 2019 China Flood 300 4,500,000 6,200,000
Jun. 4-8, 2019 Uganda Landslide 61 129,953 0
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Date Country Disaster Type Fatalities Affected People
Direct Damages (USD 1,000)
Jun. 5-7, 2019 South Sudan Flood 3 234,800 0
Jun. 17, 2019 China Earthquake 13 244,220 1,300,000
Jun. 21-Jul. 1, 2019 Belgium Heat wave 128 0 0
Jun. 24-Jul. 7, 2019 France Heat wave 567 0 0
Jul.-Aug. 2019 Russia Forest fire 0 0 106,000
Jul.-Sep. 6, 2019 Sudan Flood 78 346,300 0
Jul. 3, 2019 China Rainstorms 6 45,120 145,000
Jul. 5, 2019 USA Earthquake 0 150 200,000
Jul. 7-28, 2019 Bangladesh Flood 119 4,000,000 75,000
Jul. 8-29, 2019 Nepal Flood 119 82,541 204,000
Jul. 14-Sep. 30, 2019 India Flood 1,900 3,000,000 10,000,000
Jul. 15, 2019 China Flood 17 360,000 0
Jul. 19-27, 2019 Belgium Heat wave 400 0 0
Jul. 21-27, 2019 France Heat wave 868 0 0
Jul. 22-27, 2019 Netherlands Heat wave 400 0 0
Aug. 8-16, 2019 Myanmar Flood 115 1,875 0
Aug. 10-12, 2019 China Tropical cyclone 72 108,000 10,000,000
Aug. 19-20, 2019 China Landslide 38 6,606 200,000
Aug. 23-29, 2019 Belgium Heat wave 188 0 0
Aug. 27-29, 2019 Japan Flood 1 302 100,000
Sep. 1-4, 2019 Bahamas Tropical cyclone 370 15,000 7,000,000
Sep. 1-15, 2019 Niger Flood 52 200,000 0
Sep. 4-6, 2019 USA Tropical cyclone 9 0 1,200,000
Sep. 5-8, 2019 China Tropical cyclone 0 0 131,000
Sep. 7-9, 2019 Japan Tropical cyclone 3 120,150 9,100,000
Sep. 10-11, 2019 Laos Flood 16 309,176 0
Sep. 11-20, 2019 Cambodia Flood 12 435,000 0
Sep. 11, 2019 Thailand Flood 19 158,000 0
Sep. 11-16, 2019 Spain Flood 7 3,500 2,500,000
Sep. 18-24, 2019 USA Tropical cyclone 5 1,000 3,500,000
Sep. 23-27, 2019 Sri Lanka Flood 1 136,607 0
Sep. 26, 2019 Indonesia Earthquake 31 247,418 0
Oct., 2019 Somalia Flood 17 500,000 0
Oct. 1-13, 2019 Ethiopia Flood 0 200,000 0
Oct. 2, 2019 China Tropical cyclone 3 0 263,000
Oct. 2, 2019 Korea Tropical cyclone 15 1,411 553,000
Oct. 10-Dec. 13, 2019 Kenya Flood 132 144,000 0
Oct. 10-17, 2019 USA Forest fire 3 603 25,000,000
Oct. 12-17, 2019 Japan Tropical cyclone 99 390,470 17,000,000
Oct. 20-21, 2019 USA Rainstorms 4 0 2,600,000
Oct. 26-31, 2019 USA Forest fire 0 662 825,000
Oct. 31, 2019 Philippines Earthquake 23 260,703 0
Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2019 Canada Rainstorms 1 0 275,000
Nov. 9-10, 2019 Bangladesh Tropical cyclone 40 251,506 5,785
Nov. 9-10, 2019 India Tropical cyclone 12 130,000 0
Nov. 19-26, 2019 Congo Flood 43 399,894 0
Nov. 23-24, 2019 France Rainstorms 5 625 315,000
Nov. 25, 2019 Djibouti Flood 9 150,000 0
Nov. 25, 2019 Djibouti Flood (flash flood) 0 250,000 0
Nov. 25-26, 2019 Congo Flood 41 125,000 0
Nov. 29-Dec. 10, 2019 Sri Lanka Flood 12 155,009 0
Dec. 2-3, 2019 Philippines Tropical cyclone 4 1,993,898 109,151
Dec. 15, 2019 Philippines Earthquake 10 108,582 0
Dec. 12-17, 2019 France Rainstorms 2 613 100,000
Dec. 16-18, 2019 USA Rainstorms 18 0 235,000
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Date Country Disaster Type Fatalities Affected People
Direct Damages (USD 1,000)
Dec. 31, 2019-Jan. 3, 2020 Indonesia Flood 66 501,000 1,200,000
Dec. 24-28, 2019 Philippines Rainstorms 69 2,656,862 28,000
Dec., 2019 Lesotho Drought 0 433,000 0
Dec., 2019 Eswatini Drought 0 232,000 0 Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on materials from EM-DAT: The International Disaster Database (Centre for
Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), Université Catholique de Louvain).
1) Mozambique Cyclone Idai (T C-2019-000021-MOZ) On March 14 and 15, 2019, Cyclone Idai made landfall near Beira in Sofala Province in the central region of Mozambique with sustained winds of 160 km/h. The cyclone hit Sofala, Zambezia, Manica and Inhambane Provinces with heavy rainfall and strong winds. Mozambique's National Disaster Management Agency (INGC) said the cyclone displaced nearly 400,000 people, with many huddled in 139 shelters in the immediate aftermath of the disaster. EMDAT said the number of the dead is 603 and the number of victims is 1.5 million or more. After the disaster, the spread of infectious diseases was confirmed, and on April 25, Cyclone Kenneth made landfall, thereby further expanding the damage. The Government of Japan, through the JICA, delivered emergency relief supplies through the JICA as well as dispatched the Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Team and medical teams. Besides, in response to the Government of Mozambique's request to support the recovery plan, the GOJ has been implementing the “Project on Strengthening Resilience in Cyclone IDAI-Affected Areas” in the severely damaged city of Beira in Sofala Province for 3 years since September 6, 2019 to support the development of an action plan in the recovery plan for Beira with the aim of realizing "Build Back Better" and creating a disaster-resilient society. 2) India Flood (FL-2019-000084-IND) India is prone to torrential rains and flooding from June to September every year under the influence of the southwest monsoon. The 2019 monsoon season saw more rainfall and a longer time, resulting in more damage than usual. It caused severe flood damage across 14 states including Maharashtra, West Bengal, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Karnakata and Assam. EM-DAT shows that the 2019 monsoon season resulted in 1,900 fatalities and 3 million affected people and the economic damage rose to US$10 billion. The Indian government said the 2019 monsoon season saw the highest rainfall in statistics since 1994, the highest total rainfall in August and September since 1983 and the second highest rainfall in September since 1917, among many other records. 3) Bahamas Hurricane Dorian (TC-2019-000099-BHS)
Category 5 Hurricane "Dorian" made landfall in Elbow Cay in the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas with the maximum wind speed of 295 km/h (185 mile/h) on September 1, 2019. The cyclone lingered over Abaco and Grand Bahama Islands for almost two days, causing severe damage. The Abaco Islands were the most severely affected. The hurricane caused not only human casualties but also damages to many structures including houses, communications, wells, roads and water supplies. EM-DAT shows that the hurricane resulted in 370 fatalities and about 15,000 affected people and the economic damage rose to about US$7 billion. Emergency relief operations were led by the National Disaster Management Agency and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDERA) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) under the Government of the Bahamas. The GOJ provided emergency relief goods (tents, blankets, etc.) for the damages caused by the disaster through JICA in response to a request from the Government of Indonesia.
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3. Laws and Systems Fig. A-26 Evolution of Disaster Management Laws and Systems Since 1945
Source: Cabinet Office
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
Disasters that triggered law/system introduction Disaster Management Law Explanation
Establishment of fundamental disaster prevention laws・ Clear assignment of federal responsibilities・ Development of cumulative and organized disaster prevention structures etc.
1945 Typhoon Ida (Makurazaki)
1946 The Nankai Earthquake
1947 Typhoon Kathleen 47 The Disaster Relief Act
1948 The Fukui Earthquake49 The Flood Control Act
The Building Standards Act1959 Typhoon Vera (Isewan) 50
60 Soil Conservation and Flood Control Urgent Measures Act1961 Heavy Snows61 Basic Act on Disaster Management
62 National Disaster Management Council established
63 Basic Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction62 Act on Special Financial Support to Deal with
Extremely Severe DisastersAct on Special Measures for Heavy Snowfall Areas
1964 The 1964 Niigata Earthquake
66Act on Earthquake Insurance1967 Torrential Rains in Uetsu
2000s
1973 Mt. Sakurajima EruptionMt. Asama Eruption
1976 The Seismological Society ofJapan publishes reports on apossible Tokai Earthquake
1978 The 1978 Miyagi Earthquake
73 Act on Provision of Disaster Condolence GrantAct on Development of Evacuation Facilities in Areas Surrounding Active Volcanoes (Act on Special Measures for Active Volcanoes (1978))
78 Act on Special Measures Concerning Countermeasures for Large-Scale Earthquakes
Act on Special Financial Measures for Urgent Earthquake Countermeasure Improvement Projects in Areas for Intensified Measures
81 Partial amendment of Order for Enforcement of the Building Standard Law
80
・Induction of current earthquake engineering laws, etc.
1995 The Southern Hyogo Earthquake(The Great Hanshin-AwajiEarthquake)
95 Act on Special Measures for Earthquake Disaster Countermeasures
Act on Promotion of the Earthquake-proof Retrofit of BuildingsPartial amendment of Basic Act on Disaster Management
96 Act on Special Measures for the Preservation of Rights and Interests of the Victims of Specified Disasters
97 Act on Promotion of Disaster Resilience Improvement in Densely Inhabited Areas
98 Act on Support for Reconstructing Livelihoods of Disaster Victims1999 Torrential Rains in HiroshimaTokaimura Nuclear Accident(The JCO Nuclear Accident)
99 Act on Special Measures Concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
・ Establishment of disaster management mechanisms based on volunteer groups and private organizations, loosening of requirements for the establishment of a National Disaster Management Council led by the Prime Minister, the codification of disaster relief requests for the JSDF, etc.
2000 Torrential Rains in the Tokai Region
2004 Torrential Rains in Niigata,FukushimaThe 2004 Niigata ChuetsuEarthquake
00 Act on the Promotion of Sediment Disaster Countermeasures for Sediment Disaster Hazard Areas
01 Partial amendment of the Flood Control Act
02 Act on Special Measures for Promotion of Tohnankai and Nankai Earthquake Disaster Management
03 Specified Urban River Inundation Countermeasures Act
04 Act on Special Measures for Promotion of Disaster Management for Trench-type Earthquakes in the Vicinity of the Japan and Chishima Trenches
05 Partial amendment of the Flood Control ActPartial amendment of the Act on the Promotion of Sediment Disaster Countermeasures in Sediment Disaster Hazard Areas
Partial amendment of the Act on the Promotion of the Seismic Reinforcement and Retrofitting of Buildings
06 Partial amendment of the Act on the Regulation of Residential Land Development
・ More rivers were added to flood alert lists, announcement of expected inundation areas.
・ Increased efforts in public education through use of Sediment Disaster Hazard Maps.
・ Establishment of basic national directives and regional earthquake - proof retrofit plans, and promotion of organized earthquake - proofing.
・ Expansion of list of designated rivers in expected inundation area.
First Amendment (2012)・ Regional response for large - scale disasters.・ Incorporated lessons from the disaster, improvements to disaster management education, and improvements to regional disaster management capabilities through participation of diverse entitiesin implementation.
Second Amendment (2013)・ Improvement of support for affected people.・ Improvements to rapid response capabilities in the event of a large - scale and regional disaster.・ Smooth and safe evacuation of residents.・ Improvements in disaster countermeasures in daily life.
2011 The 2011 Tohoku Region Pacific Coast Earthquake(The Great East JapanEarthquake)
11 Act on the Promotion of Measures for TsunamiAct on Development of Areas Resilient to Tsunami Disasters
12 Partial amendment of Basic Act on Disaster ManagementAct for Establishment of the Nuclear Regulation Authority
13 Partial amendment of Basic Act on Disaster Management
Act on Reconstruction from Large-Scale DisastersPartial amendment of the Act on the Promotion of the Seismic Reinforcement and Retrofitting of BuildingsPartial amendment of the Flood Control Act and River ActAct on Special Measures for Land and Building Leases in Areas Affected by Large-scale Disasters
・ Establishment of obligatory earthquake - proofing examinations and publication of test results for large buildings in need of emergency safety checks.
・ Participation of diverse entities including river management organizations in flood control activities, acquisition of appropriate maintenance and management needs in river management facilities, etc.
・ Designation of Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Countermeasure Promotion Areas, promotion of earthquake disaster management for the Nankai Trough Earthquake through the creation of a Basic Plan.
・ Designation of Areas for Urgent Implementation of Measures against a Tokyo Inland Earthquake and promotion of earthquake management through the creation of a Basic Plan.
・ Establishment of laws regarding abandoned vehicles in opening up transportation routes for emergency vehicles in large - scale disasters, etc. (Responsible organization: road managers)
・ Clear definitions of sediment disaster - prone areas (publication of basic investigations), provision of information necessary for issuing evacuation alerts.
・ Formulation of basic guidelines by the government; designation of volcanic eruption hazard zones; establishment of Volcanic Disaster Management Councils in designated zones; imposition of mandatory preparation of evacuation implementation plans, etc.
・ Matters concerning the disposal of waste generated by a specific major disaster: formulation of disaster waste management guidelines by the Minister of the Environment; central government takeover of the disposal of disaster waste, etc.
・ Establishment of laws regarding abandoned vehicles in opening up transportation routes for emergency vehicles in large-scale disasters. (Port management bodies and fishing port management bodies added as responsible organizations)
・Clearly stipulating that prefectures receiving a support request from an affected prefecture can order municipalities in their jurisdictions to support affected municipalities.
・Establishment of a system to allow rescue implementing cities to carry out rescue operations as their own administrative tasks.
Act on Special Measures for the Promotion of Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Management (Partial amendment of the Act on Special Measures for the Promotion of Tonankai and Nankai Earthquake Disaster Management)
Act on Special Measures against Tokyo Inland Earthquake
2014 Heavy SnowHiroshima Sediment DisasterMt. Ontake Eruption
2016
2018
The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake
14 Partial amendment of Basic Act on Disaster Management
Partial amendment of Act on the Promotion of Sediment Disaster Countermeasures for Sediment Disaster Hazard Areas
15 Partial amendment of Act on Special Measures for Active VolcanoesPartial amendment of Basic Act on Disaster Management
16 Partial amendment of Basic Act on Disaster Management
Partial amendment of the Disaster Relief Act18
Partial amendment of Basic Act on Disaster Management
Fig. A-26
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Fig. A-27 Major Disaster Management Laws by Type of Disaster
Source: Cabinet Office
Fig. A-27
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Fig. A-28 Structure of the Basic Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction
Source: Cabinet Office
Fig. A-28
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Fig. A-29 Revisions to the Basic Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction
Revision Date
Outline of Revision Background
June 1963
- The Basic Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction formulated based on the Basic Act on Disaster Management
- Stipulations regarding various measures to prevent natural disasters, mitigate damage, and promote disaster reconstruction
Sep. 26, 1959: Typhoon VERA (5915) Nov. 15, 1961: Enactment of the Basic Act on Disaster Management
May 1971
Partial revision - Enhancement of earthquake countermeasures (facilities for earthquake prediction,
preparation of fire fighting helicopters) - Renewed positioning of countermeasures to tackle hazardous materials, petrochemical
complexes, and wildfires
Sep. 6, 1967 Recommendation concerning Disaster Prevention Measures (recommending revisions in response to a modern socioeconomy)
July 1995
Complete revision - Structured this version by disaster type, and included stipulations in the following order:
prevention, emergency response, recovery/reconstruction - Clearly defined the stakeholders, such as national governments, public agencies, local
governments, and businesses, and specified countermeasures - Stipulated that changes in social structure such as the aging of society should be taken into
account
Jan. 17, 1995: Southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake (Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake)
June 1997
Partial revision - Addition of section on countermeasures to address disasters caused by accidents (structural
improvements such as the establishment of an emergency countermeasures headquarters) - Addition of a section on snowstorm countermeasures
Jan. 2, 1997: Nakhodka Oil Spill Accident
May 2000
Partial revision - Revision of the section on countermeasures to tackle nuclear power disasters, following the
enactment of the Act on Special Measures Concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
Sep. 30, 1999: Criticality accident at uranium fabrication plant in Tokai-mura, Ibaraki prefecture
December 2000
Partial revision - Revisions resulting from the national government reformation
National government reformation
April 2002
Partial revision - Enhancement of descriptions relating to information transmission to residents and evacuation
measures regarding countermeasures against flooding, sediment disasters, and storm surges - New positioning of nuclear power disasters related to nuclear vessels
Jun. 29, 1999: Torrential rain disaster in Hiroshima Prefecture Sep. 24, 1999: Storm surge disaster in Kumamoto Prefecture
March 2004
Partial revision - Revisions based on the creation of the Basic Plan for the Promotion of Tonankai and Nankai
Earthquake Countermeasures (seismic retrofitting of public buildings, etc.) - Revisions based on the development of policies such as the development of an earthquake
early warning system
Mar. 31, 2004: Creation of a Basic Plan for the Promotion of Tohnankai and Nankai Earthquake Countermeasures
July 2005
Partial revision - Revisions based on developments in policy, such as the promotion of a nationwide movement
to practice disaster preparedness, the promotion of corporate disaster risk reduction efforts, the formulation and implementation of an earthquake DRR strategy, tsunami DRR measures such as the development of tsunami evacuation buildings, information transmission during torrential rains, evacuation support for the elderly, etc.
July 28, 2004: Creation of an Earthquake Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy Dec. 26, 2004: Indian Ocean Tsunami (Sumatra/Andaman Earthquake)
March 2007
Partial revision - Revisions resulting from the transition from Defense Agency to Ministry of Defense
Transition from Defense Agency to Ministry of Defense
February 2008
Partial revision - Implementation of follow-up actions on key issues regarding the Basic Plan for Disaster Risk
Reduction, development of strategic national movements, establishment of conditions for the promotion of corporate disaster risk reduction, full-scale introduction of earthquake early warning system, strengthening of nuclear power disaster countermeasures in light of lessons learned from the Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake
July 16, 2007:The Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake
December 2011
Partial revision - Radical strengthening of earthquake/tsunami countermeasures in light of the Great East
Japan Earthquake (addition of tsunami disaster countermeasure section)
Mar. 11, 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami (The Great East Japan Earthquake)
September 2012
Partial revision - Strengthening of countermeasures against large-scale regional disasters in light of revisions to
the Basic Act on Disaster Management (First Revision), and the final report of the National Disaster Management Council's Committee for Policy Planning on Disaster Management (each section)
- Strengthening of nuclear power disaster countermeasures in light of the enactment of the Act for Establishment of the Nuclear Regulation Authority (nuclear power disaster countermeasures section)
Mar. 11, 2011 The Great East Japan Earthquake Jun. 27, 2012 Partial Amendment of the Basic Act on Disaster Management Sep. 19, 2012 Inauguration of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority
January 2014
Partial revision - Strengthening of countermeasures against large-scale disasters in light of revisions to the
Basic Act on Disaster Management (Second Revision) and the enactment of the Act on Reconstruction from Large-Scale Disasters (each section)
- Strengthening of nuclear disaster countermeasures in light of investigations by the Nuclear Regulation Authority
Mar. 11, 2011 The Great East Japan Earthquake Jun. 21, 2013 Partial Amendment of the Basic Act on Disaster Management, enactment of the Act on Reconstruction from Large-Scale Disasters
Fig. A-29
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Revision Date
Outline of Revision Background
November 2014
Partial revision - Strengthening of countermeasures against abandoned and stranded vehicles following
revision of the Basic Act on Disaster Management - Addition of descriptions in light of lessons learned from heavy snowfall of February 2014,
such as the diversification of information transmission methods such as warnings of heavy snow
Feb. 2014: Heavy snowfall Nov. 21, 2014: Partial Amendment of the Basic Act on Disaster Management
March 2015
Partial revision - Improvement and strengthening of nuclear disaster risk reduction systems e.g., through the
establishment of local nuclear disaster management committees and national support for the enhancement of local plans for disaster risk reduction/evacuation plans (nuclear disaster countermeasures section)
Mar. 5, 2015: Cabinet Secretariat Three-Year Revision and Investigation Team "Improvement and Strengthening of the Nuclear Disaster Management System (Second Report)"
July 2015
Partial revision -Revisions resulting from the strengthening of measures in light of lessons learned from the
Hiroshima Sediment Disaster and the Mt. Ontake Eruption (each section)
Jan. 18, 2015: Partial Amendment of the Act on the Promotion of Sediment Disaster Countermeasures in Sediment Disaster Hazard Areas Mar. 26, 2015: Working Group for the Promotion of Volcano Disaster Prevention report Jun. 4, 2015: Working Group for Studying Comprehensive Countermeasures against Sediment Disasters report
February 2016
Partial revision -Revisions resulting from the strengthening of measures in light of the revision of laws,
including the Act on Special Measures for Active Volcanoes, the Flood Control Act, the Sewerage Act, the Waste Management and Public Cleansing Act, and the Basic Act on Disaster Management (each section)
Dec. 10, 2015: Partial Amendment of the Act on Special Measures for Active Volcanoes
May 2016
Partial revision -Revisions resulting from the strengthening of measures in light of lessons learned from the
Torrential Rain of September 2015 in the Kanto and Tohoku Regions (each section)
Mar. 31, 2016: Working Group on Study on Evacuation and Emergency Response Measures for Flood Disasters report
April 2017
Partial revision -Revisions resulting from the strengthening of measures in light of lessons learned from the
2016 Kumamoto Earthquake and Typhoon LIONROCK (1610) disaster (each section)
Dec. 20, 2016: Report of the Working Group for Studying Emergency Response and Livelihood Support Measures in Light of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Dec. 26, 2016: Report of the Study Group on Guidelines for Producing a Handbook on Decision and Dissemination for Evacuation Recommendations
June 2018
Partial revision -Revisions resulting from the strengthening of measures in light of the revision of laws,
including the Disaster Relief Act, the Road Act, and the Flood Control Act, etc. (each section) - Revisions resulting from the strengthening of measures in light of lessons learned from the
2017 July Northern Kyushu Heavy Rain and the heavy snow from January to February 2018 (each section)
Dec. 8, 2017: Report of the Study Group on Evacuation from the 2017 July Northern Kyushu Heavy Rain May 16, 2018: Interim Report on Measures to Secure Road Traffic in Heavy Snow June 15, 2018: Partial Amendment of the Disaster Relief Act
May 2019
Partial revision -Amendments to evacuation measures from flood and sediment disasters in light of the heavy
rain event of July 2018 (each section)
Dec.26, 2018: Amendments to evacuation measures from flood and sediment disasters in light of the heavy rain event of July 2018 (report) Mar. 29, 2019 Revision of the guidelines on evacuation recommendations
Source: Cabinet Office
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4. Organizations Fig. A-30 Organization of the National Disaster Management Council
National Disaster Management Council (Section I, Chapter II of the Basic Act on Disaster Management)
Prim
e Min
ister, Min
ister of State fo
r Disaster M
anagem
ent
Chair Prime Minister Members Minister of State
for Disaster Management Other ministers of state (all appointed by Prime Minister)
Heads of Designated Public Corporations (appointed by Prime Minister)
Governor of the Bank of Japan
Haruhiko Kuroda President of Japanese Red Cross Society
Yoshiharu Otsuka President of Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)
Terunobu Maeda President of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
Hiroo Unoura
Experts (appointed by Prime Minister)
Director, Earthquake Prediction Research Center, Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Naoshi Hirata Professor of Tokyo International University
Hisako Komuro Chairman, Special Committee for Risk Management/Disaster Control, National Governors’ Association (Kanagawa Prefecture Governor)
Yuji Kuroiwa Vice President of the Japan Firefighters Association
Kazuo Ueda Chairman of the Disaster Victims Health Support Liaison Council
Yoshitake Yokokuta
Committees for Technical Investigation ●Disaster Management Implementation Committee (established March 26, 2013)
Officers' Meeting Chair: Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office Vice Chair: Director General for Disaster Management, Cabinet Office, and Deputy Manager of the Fire and
Disaster Management Agency Advisor: Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management Secretary: Relevant directors-general of each ministry and agency
[Role]
○ Formulate a Basic Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction and Earthquake Disaster Management Plan and promote
their implementation
○ Discuss important issues related to disaster management in response to inquiries from the Prime Minister or
the Minister of State for Disaster Management (e.g. basic approaches to disaster management, comprehensive coordination of disaster management policies, and the declaration of states of emergency)
○ Offer opinions on important issues related to disaster management to the Prime Minister or the Minister of
State for Disaster Management
Source: Cabinet Office
Fig. A-30
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Fig. A-31 Recent Meetings of the National Disaster Management Council (Since 2011)
FY2011 Apr. 27, 2011 • Great East Japan Earthquake: Characteristics and Challenges
• Conventional earthquake and tsunami policies
Oct. 11, 2011 • Report of the Committee for the Technical Investigation of Earthquake and Tsunami Measures Based on Lessons Learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake
• Government ministry and agency efforts related to future DRR efforts • Establishment of the Committee for Policy Planning on Disaster Management
Dec. 27, 2011 • Revisions to the Basic Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction • Revisions to the National Disaster Management Council Operation Guidelines • Report of the Committee for the Technical Investigation of the Dissemination of Lessons Learned from Disasters • Status of the investigations by the Committee for Policy Planning on Disaster Management
Mar. 29, 2012 • Interim Report of the Committee for Policy Planning on Disaster Management • Current efforts aimed at bolstering and reinforcing DRR measures • FY2012 Comprehensive Disaster Management Drill Framework
FY2012 Sep. 6, 2012 • Revisions to the Basic Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction
• Framework for Large-Scale Flood Measures in the Capital Region • New Promotion of Earthquake Research • Final Report of the Committee for Policy Planning on Disaster Management • Report of the Committee for the Technical Investigation of Best Practices for Earthquake Disaster Management
in Regional Cities • Report of the Committee for the Technical Investigation of Disaster Evacuation • Report on Tsunami Heights and Inundation Areas Resulting from Nankai Trough Megaquake (Secondary Report)
and Damage Estimates (Primary Report)
Mar. 26, 2013 • Review of the legal systems for disaster management; status of investigations into Nankai Trough Megaquake Measures and Tokyo Inland Earthquake Measures
• Establishment of the Disaster Management Implementation Committee • FY2013 Comprehensive Disaster Management Drill Framework
FY2013
Jan. 17, 2014 • Designation of Areas for the Promotion of Nankai Trough Earthquake DRR Measures and Areas for the Special Reinforcement of Nankai Trough Earthquake Tsunami Evacuation Measures
• Designation of Tokyo Inland Earthquake Emergency Management Zones • Revisions to the Basic Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction • Final Report of the Working Group to Investigate Tokyo Inland Earthquake Measures and a National Government
Business Continuity Plan Proposal Mar. 28, 2014 • Act on Special Measures for the Promotion of Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Management
• Act on Special Measures against Tokyo Inland Earthquake • Framework for Large-Scale Earthquake Disaster Management and Reduction • FY2014 Comprehensive Disaster Management Drill Framework
FY2014
Nov. 28, 2014 • Revisions to the Basic Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction Mar. 31, 2015 • Revisions to the Basic Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction
• FY2015 Comprehensive Disaster Management Drill Framework • Earthquake Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy for a Tokyo Inland Earthquake
FY2015
Jul. 7, 2015 • Revisions to the Basic Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction Feb. 16, 2016 • Basic Guidelines on the Comprehensive Promotion of Measures for Active Volcanoes
• Designation of volcanic eruption hazard areas • Revisions to the Basic Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction
FY2016
May 31, 2016 • FY2016 Comprehensive Disaster Management Drill Framework • Revisions to the Basic Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction
FY2017
Apr. 11, 2017 • Revisions to the Basic Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction • FY2017 Comprehensive Disaster Management Drill Framework
FY2018
Jun. 29, 2018 • Revisions to the Basic Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction • Partial amendment of the Disaster Relief Act
FY2019
May 31, 2019 • Revisions to the Basic Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction • Revisions to the Basic Plan for the Promotion of Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Risk Reduction
Countermeasures • FY2019 Comprehensive Disaster Management Drill Framework • Promotion of Earthquake Research (third period)
Source: Cabinet Office
Fig. A-31
A-59
Fig. A-32 Status of the Establishment of National Disaster Management Council Committees for Technical Investigation
Source: Cabinet Office
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Fig. A-33 Disaster Risk Management Budgets by Year
Fiscal Year
Science and Technology Research
Disaster Prevention Land Conservation Disaster
Reconstruction Total
(JPY million) Share
(%) (JPY million)
Share (%)
(JPY million) Share
(%) (JPY million)
Share (%)
(JPY million)
1962 751 0.4 8,864 4.3 97,929 47.1 100,642 48.3 208,006 1963 1,021 0.4 8,906 3.7 116,131 47.7 117,473 48.2 243,522
1964 1,776 0.7 13,724 5.4 122,409 48.3 115,393 45.6 253,302
1965 1,605 0.5 17,143 5.6 147,858 48.3 139,424 45.6 306,030
1966 1,773 0.5 20,436 5.9 170,650 49.0 155,715 44.7 348,574
1967 2,115 0.6 23,152 6.1 197,833 52.3 154,855 41.0 377,955
1968 2,730 0.7 25,514 6.8 207,600 55.4 138,815 37.1 374,659
1969 2,747 0.7 30,177 7.5 236,209 59.0 131,270 32.8 400,403
1970 2,756 0.6 36,027 8.2 269,159 60.9 133,998 30.3 441,940
1971 3,078 0.5 50,464 8.6 352,686 60.3 178,209 30.5 584,437
1972 3,700 0.4 93,425 10.3 488,818 54.1 316,895 35.1 902,838
1973 6,287 0.7 111,321 12.4 493,580 54.9 287,082 32.0 898,270
1974 14,569 1.5 118,596 12.1 505,208 51.5 342,556 34.9 980,929
1975 17,795 1.5 159,595 13.3 615,457 51.3 405,771 33.9 1,198,618
1976 21,143 1.3 186,297 11.5 711,159 43.9 700,688 43.3 1,619,287
1977 22,836 1.4 234,409 13.9 904,302 53.6 525,886 31.2 1,687,433
1978 29,642 1.7 307,170 17.3 1,093,847 61.6 345,603 19.5 1,776,262
1979 35,145 1.6 435,963 20.4 1,229,401 57.6 432,759 20.3 2,133,268
1980 29,929 1.2 456,575 18.9 1,229,615 50.8 705,168 29.1 2,421,287
1981 29,621 1.2 474,926 18.9 1,240,788 49.5 761,950 30.4 2,507,285
1982 28,945 1.1 469,443 17.2 1,261,326 46.3 963,984 35.4 2,723,698
1983 29,825 1.1 489,918 18.4 1,268,712 47.6 875,851 32.9 2,664,306
1984 28,215 1.2 485,219 20.7 1,350,592 57.7 475,878 20.3 2,339,904
1985 27,680 1.1 512,837 20.2 1,355,917 53.5 640,225 25.2 2,536,659
1986 28,646 1.2 482,889 19.7 1,354,397 55.3 581,462 23.8 2,447,394
1987 38,296 1.4 612,505 21.9 1,603,599 57.2 548,337 19.6 2,802,737
1988 31,051 1.1 587,073 20.8 1,550,132 54.9 657,681 23.3 2,825,937
1989 34,542 1.2 588,354 20.7 1,638,104 57.5 587,819 20.6 2,848,819
1990 35,382 1.1 625,239 20.0 1,669,336 53.4 796,231 25.5 3,126,188
1991 35,791 1.1 628,596 19.8 1,729,332 54.3 788,603 24.8 3,182,322
1992 36,302 1.1 745,405 22.8 2,017,898 61.6 475,411 14.5 3,275,015
1993 43,152 0.9 866,170 18.6 2,462,800 52.9 1,280,569 27.5 4,652,691
1994 40,460 1.0 747,223 18.9 1,945,295 49.1 1,230,072 31.0 3,963,050
1995 105,845 1.4 1,208,134 16.0 2,529,386 33.5 3,696,010 49.0 7,539,375
1996 52,385 1.2 1,029,658 24.5 2,156,714 51.3 968,182 23.0 4,206,938
1997 49,128 1.2 1,147,102 28.2 2,014,695 49.4 864,370 21.2 4,075,295
1998 62,435 1.1 1,228,539 22.3 2,905,921 52.8 1,310,515 23.8 5,507,411
1999 78,134 1.7 1,142,199 25.0 2,400,534 52.6 941,886 20.6 4,562,752
2000 73,502 1.8 1,011,535 24.4 2,376,083 57.3 689,225 16.6 4,150,346
2001 49,310 1.2 1,060,445 26.7 2,238,816 56.4 618,427 15.6 3,966,998
2002 48,164 1.3 1,202,984 31.9 1,981,686 52.5 543,949 14.4 3,776,783
2003 35,133 1.1 814,101 25.7 1,625,670 51.4 689,255 21.8 3,164,159
2004 30,478 0.7 815,059 19.3 1,753,418 41.5 1,622,112 38.4 4,221,067
2005 11,097 0.4 866,290 28.6 1,426,745 47.0 728,606 24.0 3,032,738
2006 11,627 0.4 689,505 25.1 1,439,129 52.3 610,302 22.2 2,750,563
Fig. A-33
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Fiscal Year
Science and Technology Research
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(JPY million) Share
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(JPY million) Share
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(JPY million)
2007 9,687 0.4 706,853 29.0 1,332,222 54.6 391,637 16.0 2,440,399
2008 8,921 0.4 819,359 33.2 1,275,135 51.7 363,471 14.7 2,466,886
2009 8,761 0.4 498,397 23.0 1,383,254 63.7 279,789 12.9 2,170,201
2010 7,695 0.6 224,841 16.9 813,359 61.1 285,038 21.4 1,330,933
2011 28,072 0.6 376,169 8.0 743,936 15.9 3,536,475 75.5 4,684,652
2012 29,422 0.6 561,021 12.0 790,422 17.0 3,129,561 67.2 4,656,656
2013 15,339 0.3 788,576 14.1 879,932 15.8 3,883,911 69.6 5,578,036
2014 16,688 0.4 639,966 13.9 836,580 18.2 3,101,555 67.5 4,594,789
2015 14,961 0.4 713,477 18.6 155,475 4.1 2,954,355 77.0 3,838,268
2016 14,023 0.3 696,399 14.3 318,320 6.5 3,855,516 78.9 4,884,258
2017 10,123 0.3 790,361 22.1 267,629 7.5 2,515,384 70.2 3,583,497
2018 22,781 0.8 737,429 16.3 482,711 4.0 2,834,284 78.8 4,077,205
2019 14,390 0.3 814,471 19.5 512,324 12.3 2,839,061 67.9 4,180,246
2020 13,897 0.6 621,729 25.4 125,064 5.1 1,688,055 68.9 2,448,745 Notes: 1. These are adjusted budget (national expenditures) amounts. However, the FY2020 figures are preliminary figures reflecting
the initial budget. 2. The reduced amount allocated to science and technology research in FY2007 is largely due to the structural conversion of
national lab and research institutions into independent administrative agencies (the budgets of independent administrative agencies are not included in this table).
3. The amount allocated to disaster prevention in FY2009 is reduced because a portion of the revenue sources set aside for road construction were converted to general fund sources making it impossible to allocate certain portions to the disaster management budget.
4. The reduced amount allocated to disaster prevention and land conservation in FY2010 is due to the fact that, following the creation of the General Grant for Social Capital Development, some disaster prevention policies and many subsidy programs in land conservation were established using those grants.
Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on materials from various ministries and agencies
Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on materials from various ministries and agencies
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Fig. A-34 Earthquake Emergency Development Project Plans
(As of the end of FY2018; Unit: JPY million)
Category
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Planned Amount
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Implemented
Amount
(b)
Rate of Progress
(b)/(a)
1 Evacuation sites 177,539 173,573 97.8%
2 Evacuation roads 93,983 86,485 92.0%
3 Firefighting facilities 141,238 128,727 91.1%
4 Emergency transport routes 951,107 909,748 95.7%
4-1 Emergency transport routes 840,671 804,323 95.7%
4-2 Emergency transport ports 59,631 57,851 97.0%
4-3 Emergency transport fishing ports 50,805 47,574 93.6%
5 Telecommunications facilities 17,514 16,545 94.5%
6 Public medical institutions 54,012 50,900 94.2%
7 Social welfare facilities 55,586 55,586 100.0%
8 Public elementary and junior high schools 442,781 428,827 96.8%
9 Tsunami countermeasures 272,080 199,006 73.1%
9-1 River management facilities 104,233 63,174 60.6%
9-2 Coastal preservation facilities 167,847 135,832 80.9%
10 Landslide prevention 540,734 537,456 99.4%
10-1 Erosion control facilities 102,887 114,128 110.9%
10-2 Security facilities 171,243 163,282 95.4%
10-3 Landslide facilities 84,622 80,900 95.6%
10-4 Steep slope facilities 160,352 161,630 100.8%
10-5 Ponds 21,630 17,516 81.0%
Total 2,746,574 2,586,853 94.2%
Notes: 1. The content of Earthquake Emergency Development Project Plans (FY1980-2019) is as of the end of FY2018. 2. Project expenses include expenses for projects that may not be solely designed for earthquake disaster management, but
that, while having other policy objectives, also are intended to have an overall effect on earthquake disaster management. Project expenses are not comprised solely of expenses used entirely for disaster management.
Source: Cabinet Office
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165
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6km
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385
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%
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ns
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litie
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0,87
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litie
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ies
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are
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756
56,4
0049
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681
faci
litie
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6,27
598
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78.2
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5fa
cilit
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3922
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270
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8,26
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276
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5,84
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8,84
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4,77
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3,07
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624
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sch
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322,
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1,63
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53.5
%
84,5
7729
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37.6
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56,8
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sch
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11. P
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lic
bu
ild
ings
24,1
695,
267
21.8
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faci
litie
s2,
662
1,19
945
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670
faci
litie
s62
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24,4
2938
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1,73
7fa
cilit
ies
369,
417
209,
134
56.6
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5fa
cilit
ies
253,
320
126,
074
49.8
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t an
d r
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r fa
cili
tie
s23
5,68
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334
site
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2,74
422
5,59
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491
site
s23
7,78
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2,91
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687
site
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802
site
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tes
196,
496
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tes
187,
407
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229,
583
184,
601
80.4
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tes
350,
755
194,
348
55.4
%
94,8
2177
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tes
76,2
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site
s50
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36,8
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162
site
s11
5,60
111
7,59
410
1.7%
231
site
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2,97
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1,72
562
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13. E
rosi
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co
ntr
ol f
acil
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s, e
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1,72
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702,
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98.4
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1,33
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882
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10,5
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tes
1,06
9,68
697
6,74
291
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9,32
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tes
845,
288
786,
324
93.0
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031
site
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5,45
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8,78
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268,
151
247,
050
92.1
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278
site
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6,63
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9,63
693
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2,03
3si
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354,
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325,
910
91.8
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063
site
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3,28
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7,66
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1,84
0si
tes
270,
783
168,
343
62.2
%
409,
216
469,
126
114.
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site
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0,71
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3,90
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3,67
3si
tes
210,
861
202,
299
95.9
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683
site
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6,01
217
3,26
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8.7%
2,73
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163,
700
100,
144
61.2
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359,
433
356,
531
99.2
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site
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1,15
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158,
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160,
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9si
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119,
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109,
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91.7
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95,6
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2,50
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244,
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3,93
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60,9
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90,6
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142,
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17. S
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437
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296
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7,05
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18. R
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ms
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1,83
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0,08
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12,6
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8,36
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18,5
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12,1
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359,
916
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8,38
6,75
875
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7,91
4,76
64,
277,
725
54.0
%
No
tes:
1. T
he
con
ten
t o
f th
e Fi
fth
Fiv
e-Ye
ar P
lan
(FY
20
16
-20
20
) is
cu
rren
t as
of
the
end
of
FY 2
01
8.
2. T
he
exp
ense
s fo
r ea
ch p
roje
ct a
re n
ot
limit
ed t
o p
roje
cts
aim
ed a
t ac
hie
vin
g ea
rth
qu
ake
DR
R; t
hey
incl
ud
e ex
pen
ses
for
pro
ject
s th
at h
ave
oth
er p
olic
y p
urp
ose
s, s
uch
as
tho
se r
elat
ed t
o u
rban
infr
astr
uct
ure
dev
elo
pm
ent,
bu
t th
at
also
are
eff
ective
in t
erm
sof
ear
thqu
ake D
RR
.
3. P
ub
lic s
pec
ial e
du
cati
on
sch
oo
ls in
clu
de
sch
oo
ls k
no
wn
as
sch
oo
ls f
or
the
blin
d, s
cho
ols
fo
r th
e d
eaf,
an
d s
cho
ols
fo
r th
e p
hys
ical
ly o
r m
enta
lly/p
hys
ical
ly h
and
icap
ped
pri
or
to F
Y 2
00
6.
Sou
rce:
Cab
inet
Off
ice
mat
eria
ls.
12-1
. Co
asta
l pre
serv
atio
n f
acil
itie
s
12-2
. Riv
er
man
age
me
nt
faci
liti
es
15. D
isas
ter
man
agem
ent
radi
o co
mm
uni
catio
ns s
yste
m
16. P
otab
le w
ater
faci
litie
s/po
wer
gen
erat
ion
syst
ems
19. D
ownt
own
area
s w
ith h
igh
den
sity
dila
pida
ted
hou
sing
4. R
oad
s fo
r fi
refi
ghti
ng
acti
viti
es
5. E
me
rge
ncy
tra
nsp
ort
ro
ads,
etc
.
6. M
ult
ipu
rpo
se u
nd
ergr
ou
nd
uti
lity
co
nd
uit
s
9. P
ub
lic
ele
me
nta
ry a
nd
jr. h
igh
sch
oo
ls
10. P
ub
lic
spe
cial
ed
uca
tio
n s
cho
ols
13-2
. Se
curi
ty f
acil
itie
s
13-3
. Lan
dsl
ide
pre
ven
tio
n f
acil
itie
s
13
-4. S
tee
p s
lop
e fa
ilu
re p
reve
nti
on
faci
liti
es
13-5
. Re
serv
oir
s
Fou
rth
Fiv
e-Y
ear
Pla
n (
FY 2
011-
2015
)
Pro
ject
Sco
pe
(Un
it)
5-1.
Em
erg
en
cy t
ran
spo
rt r
oad
s
5-2.
Em
erge
ncy
tran
spor
t/tr
affic
con
trol
faci
litie
s
5-3.
Em
erg
en
cy t
ran
spo
rt h
eli
po
rts
5-4.
Em
erge
ncy
tra
nspo
rt p
ort
faci
litie
s
5-5
. Em
erg
en
cy t
ran
spo
rt fi
shin
g p
ort
faci
liti
es
13-1
. Ero
sio
n c
on
tro
l fac
ilit
ies
Fift
h F
ive
-Ye
ar P
lan
(FY
201
6-20
20)
Pro
ject
Sco
pe
(Un
it)
Cat
egor
y
Firs
t Fi
ve-Y
ear
Pla
n (
FY 1
996-
2000
)Se
con
d F
ive
-Ye
ar P
lan
(FY
200
1-20
05)
Thir
d F
ive
-Ye
ar P
lan
(FY
200
6-20
10)
Pro
ject
Sco
pe
(Un
it)
Pro
ject
Sco
pe
(Un
it)
Bas
ed o
n le
sso
ns
lear
ned
fro
m th
e G
reat
Han
shin
-Aw
aji E
arth
qu
ake,
the
Act
on
Sp
ecia
l Mea
sure
s fo
r Ea
rth
qu
ake
Dis
aste
r C
ou
nte
rmea
sure
s w
as e
nac
ted
in J
uly
19
95
to p
rote
ct c
itiz
ens'
live
s, h
eath
, an
d a
sset
s fr
om
ear
thq
uak
e-re
late
d d
amag
e. T
his
law
al
low
s p
refe
ctu
ral g
ove
rno
rs to
cre
ate
a Fi
ve-Y
ear
Pla
n f
or
Emer
gen
cy E
arth
qu
ake
Dis
aste
r M
anag
emen
t P
roje
cts
for
com
mu
nit
ies
wh
ere
ther
e ar
e co
nce
rns
abo
ut
the
occ
urr
ence
of
a se
vere
ear
thq
uak
e d
isas
ter
and
a p
ort
ion
of
the
pro
ject
s to
be
imp
lem
ente
d b
ased
on
this
pla
n a
re e
ligib
le f
or
an in
crea
sed
rat
e o
f fin
anci
al s
up
po
rt fr
om
the
nat
ion
al g
ove
rnm
ent.
Thu
s fa
r, th
ese
pla
ns
hav
e b
een
cre
ated
by
the
pre
fect
ura
l go
vern
ors
ove
r fi
fth
term
s, a
nd
ear
thq
uak
e d
isas
ter
pro
ject
s h
ave
beg
un
to b
e im
ple
men
ted
.Th
ese
pla
ns
are
five
-yea
r p
lan
s cr
eate
d f
or
29
faci
litie
s th
at n
eed
to
be
urg
entl
y d
evel
op
ed f
rom
the
per
spec
tive
of
ach
ievi
ng
eart
hq
uak
e d
isas
ter
red
uct
ion
. Wh
en a
pre
fect
ure
wan
ts to
cre
ate
a p
lan
, hea
rin
gs a
re h
eld
to
list
en t
o t
he
op
inio
ns
of
the
mu
nic
ipal
itie
s in
volv
ed, a
nd
the
con
sen
t of
the
Pri
me
Min
iste
r m
ust
be
ob
tain
ed.
Pro
ject
bu
dge
ts fo
r th
ese
pla
ns
ove
r fi
fth
ter
ms
are
sho
wn
in t
he
tab
le b
elo
w.
Fig. A-35 Estimated Budgets of Five-Year Plans for Emergency Earthquake Disaster Management Project
Fig. A-35
A-64
6. Disaster Management Facilities and Equipment Fig. A-36 Number of Red Cross Hospitals, Emergency Medical Centers, and Disaster Base Hospitals
Prefectures Red Cross Hospital
Emergency Medical Center
Disaster Base
Hospital Prefectures
Red Cross Hospital
Emergency Medical Center
Disaster Base
Hospital
Hokkaido 10 12 34 Shiga 3 4 10
Aomori 1 3 10 Kyoto 3 6 13
Iwate 1 3 11 Osaka 2 16 20
Miyagi 2 6 16 Hyogo 3 10 18
Akita 2 1 14 Nara 0 3 7
Yamagata 0 3 7 Wakayama 1 3 10
Fukushima 1 4 8 Tottori 1 2 4
Ibaraki 2 6 14 Shimane 2 4 10
Tochigi 3 5 11 Okayama 2 5 10
Gunma 2 4 18 Hiroshima 3 7 19
Saitama 3 9 22 Yamaguchi 2 5 13
Chiba 1 14 26 Tokushima 1 3 11
Tokyo 4 26 85 Kagawa 1 3 10
Kanagawa 6 21 33 Ehime 1 3 8
Niigata 1 6 14 Kochi 1 3 12
Toyama 1 2 8 Fukuoka 3 10 31
Ishikawa 1 2 10 Saga 1 4 8
Fukui 1 2 9 Nagasaki 2 3 13
Yamanashi 1 1 9 Kumamoto 2 3 14
Nagano 6 7 10 Oita 1 4 14
Gifu 2 6 12 Miyazaki 0 3 12
Shizuoka 5 11 23 Kagoshima 1 3 14
Aichi 2 23 35 Okinawa 1 3 13
Mie 1 4 16 Total 96 291 749
Source: Red Cross Hospital information was formulated by the Cabinet Office based on the website of the Japanese Red Cross Society (as of March 2020). Information on emergency medical centers and disaster base hospitals was formulated by the Cabinet Office based on materials from the Emergency Medical Information System (EMIS) (as of March 2020).
Fig. A-36
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Fig. A-37 Seismic Reinforcement of Public Infrastructure
Notes Roads: The rate of bridges not in danger of being damaged related to all bridges along emergency transport roads (important
roads that have to be secured for evacuation and rescue as well as ensuring the passage of emergency vehicles immediately after the earthquake, including national expressways, national highways and the arterial roads that connect them.) (As of end of FY2018)
Railway (Shinkansen): Elevated bridges. (Left: As of end of FY2012. Right: As of end of FY2018.) Railway (Conventional): Elevated bridges of major railway lines in regions where a seismic intensity of 6 Upper or greater would
be expected to occur in the case of a Tokyo Inland Earthquake or Nankai Trough Earthquake. (Left: As of end of FY2012. Right: As of end of FY2018.)
Airports: Percentage of population in a 100 km area around an airport that could be used for emergency transport. Ports and Harbors: Seismically reinforced piers (number completed as a proportion of those detailed in plans for seismic retrofit of piers to facilitate the transportation of emergency supplies (those classed as major ports or higher)). (Left: As of end of FY2012. Right: As of end of FY2018.)
Sewerage Facilities: Important main lines (pipes that can accommodate drainage from river basin lines, DRR bases, and evacuation sites, main pipes connected to pump stations and disposal stations, pipes buried beneath emergency transport roads and railroad tracks. (Left: As of end of FY2012. Right: As of end of FY2018.)
Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office using materials from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
75
100
91
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38
78
10097
81
61
50
0%
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40%
60%
80%
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Roads Railways(Shinkansen)
Railways(Conventional)
Airports Ports andHarbors
SewerageFacilities
FY2012 FY2018
Fig. A-37
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Fig. A-38 Trends in the Seismic Reinforcement Rate of Public Facilities That Serve as Disaster Management Bases
Note) Of all the public facilities owned or managed by local governments (buildings for public or public-private use: non-wooden structures built two stories or taller or buildings with a floor area of 200 m2 or more), the facilities that could serve as disaster management bases for implementing disaster response measures are identified, consolidated and analyzed based on the criteria below.
<Classification criteria of public facilities that serve as disaster management bases> (1) Social welfare facilities All facilities (2) Education facilities (classrooms, gymnasiums) Facilities designated as designated emergency evacuation site or designated shelter, etc. (3) Government buildings Facilities that will be used for the implementation of disaster response measures (4) Prefectural civic halls, civic centers Facilities designated as designated emergency evacuation site or designated shelter, etc. (5) Gymnasiums Facilities designated as designated emergency evacuation site or designated shelter, etc. (6) Health care facilities Facilities positioned in local plans for disaster risk reduction as medical care facilities (7) Police headquarters and police stations All facilities
Source: “Results of the Survey on the Seismic Reinforcement Rate of Public Facilities That Serve as Disaster Management Bases,” Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (November 2018)
Fig. A-39 Seismic Reinforcement of Public Elementary and Junior High Schools
Source: “Results of a Follow-up Investigation on the Progress of the Seismic Retrofitting of Public School Facilities,” Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) (August 2019)
79.3%
88.3%93.1%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
FY2011 FY2014 FY2017
73,16670,167
67,068
63,10159,295
53,636
47,94941,206
33,134
22,911
18,508
13,412
8,956
5,2122,228 1,399 978 894
44.5%46.6%
49.1%
51.8%
54.7%
58.6%
62.3%
67.0%
73.3%
80.3%
84.8%
88.9%
92.5%95.6%
98.1%98.8%
99.2%99.2%
57.5%
62.8%
70.2%
84.6%
90.0%
93.3%
96.2% 97.6%98.5%99.1%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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Implementation rate
Fig. A-38
Fig. A-39
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7. Trends in Numbers of Workers in Disaster Management Fig. A-40 Numbers of Fire Corps Volunteers
Note: As a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the figure for 2012 for Onagawa-cho, Meshika-gun, Miyagi prefecture is
the figure from 2010 (as of April 1, 2010) Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on the Survey on the Current Status of Fire and Earthquake Disaster
Management Measures of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency
Fig. A-41 Age Composition Ratios among Fire Corps Volunteers
Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on the Survey on the Current Status of Fire and Earthquake Disaster
Management Measures of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency
1,002983
963928
889 885 884 880 874 869 864860 856 850 844 832
4,150
8,485
12,440
16,699
17,879
19,04319,577
20,10920,785
21,684
22,74723,899
24,947
25,981 26,625
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1989 1993 1998 2003 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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(注)東日本大震災の影響により、平成24年の宮城県牝鹿郡女川町の数値は、前々年数値(平成22年4月1日現在)により集計。
出典:消防庁「消防防災・震災対策現況調査」より内閣府作成
45.4% 41.8%
30.0% 26.2% 24.2%16.5% 12.8%
45.0%
39.2%
47.3%
40.2%38.6%
38.5%
32.6%
7.8%15.9%
15.7%
24.2%24.6%
27.1%
32.5%
1.8% 3.1%6.1% 7.4% 10.4%
13.4%15.6%
0.9% 1.9% 2.2% 4.5%6.5%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
1965 1975 1985 1998 2003 2013 2019
10s-20s 30s 40s 50s 60s and older
10s-30s90.4%
10s-30s45.4%
Fig. A-40
Fig. A-41
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Fig. A-42 Numbers of Flood Fighting Corps Personnel
Note) Number of full-time flood fighting corps personnel Source: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
Fig. A-43 Numbers of Voluntary Disaster Management Organizations
Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on the Survey on the Current Status of Fire and Earthquake Disaster Management Measures of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. Figures as of April 1 each year.
19.173 19.100
19.760
18.877 18.992 19.022 18.983 18.87318.454
18.12917.876 17.730 17.724
16.99516.801
16.26015.992 15.867 15.702 15.599 15.439 15.406
14.92114.559 14.383 14.319
14.105 13.98813.711 13.661
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109,016115,814
127,824139,316
146,396153,600
159,967 161,847 164,195 165,429 167,158
61.3%64.5%
69.9%73.5% 75.8% 77.9%
81.0% 81.7% 82.7% 83.2% 84.1%
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2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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No. of Organizations
Activities Coverage Rate (No. of community households that fall within thescioe of activities of voluntary disaster management organizations)
Fig. A-42
Fig. A-43
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Fig. A-44 Female Representation in Local Disaster Management Councils (by Prefecture, 2019)
Prefectural Disaster Management Council Municipal Disaster Management Council
Total Members
Of which, Female
Members
Proportion of Women
(%)
Total Members
Of which, Female
Members
Proportion of Women
(%)
Hokkaido 68 5 7.4 3,911 128 3.3
Aomori 59 10 16.9 773 40 5.2
Iwate 76 14 18.4 1,144 97 8.5
Miyagi 58 9 15.5 833 61 7.3
Akita 60 4 6.7 719 78 10.8
Yamagata 62 8 12.9 995 60 6.0
Fukushima 54 8 14.8 1,003 53 5.3
Ibaraki 51 6 11.8 1,240 107 8.6
Tochigi 52 10 19.2 586 67 11.4
Gunma 47 6 12.8 989 86 8.7
Saitama 69 12 17.4 2,138 240 11.2
Chiba 52 8 15.4 1,550 171 11.0
Tokyo 73 11 15.1 2,207 243 11.0
Kanagawa 57 13 22.8 1,005 128 12.7
Niigata 72 16 22.2 876 50 5.7
Toyama 67 11 16.4 515 32 6.2
Ishikawa 70 7 10.0 461 28 6.1
Fukui 56 3 5.4 501 49 9.8
Yamanashi 64 6 9.4 578 54 9.3
Nagano 77 15 19.5 1,939 141 7.3
Gifu 61 10 16.4 913 77 8.4
Shizuoka 58 5 8.6 1,053 97 9.2
Aichi 68 5 7.4 1,482 167 11.3
Mie 60 5 8.3 915 91 9.9
Shiga 59 12 20.3 490 48 9.8
Kyoto 66 14 21.2 757 61 8.1
Osaka 58 5 8.6 1,315 139 10.6
Hyogo 56 8 14.3 1,294 128 9.9
Nara 61 7 11.5 853 77 9.0
Wakayama 55 7 12.7 610 49 8.0
Tottori 65 28 43.1 407 57 14.0
Shimane 73 34 46.6 607 52 8.6
Okayama 58 9 15.5 508 83 16.3
Hiroshima 59 4 6.8 822 55 6.7
Yamaguchi 60 7 11.7 615 62 10.1
Tokushima 81 39 48.1 557 37 6.6
Kagawa 60 8 13.3 441 53 12.0
Ehime 61 5 8.2 487 32 6.6
Kochi 58 7 12.1 754 73 9.7
Fukuoka 61 4 6.6 1,199 196 16.3
Saga 70 18 25.7 378 41 10.8
Nagasaki 68 13 19.1 671 45 6.7
Kumamoto 56 6 10.7 1,635 109 6.7
Oita 58 6 10.3 548 48 8.8
Miyazaki 53 4 7.5 709 47 6.6
Kagoshima 63 7 11.1 1,124 65 5.8
Okinawa 54 7 13.0 632 57 9.0
Total 2,904 466 16.0 45,739 3,959 8.7 Notes) 1. Formulated by the Cabinet Office from its material titled the “Implementation Status of Measures for Promoting the
Formation of a Gender-equal Society or Policy Considerations for Gender in Local Government” (FY2019) 2. Figures for April 1, in principle.
Fig. A-44
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8. Various Policies and Measures Fig. A-45 Hazard Map Development
Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on materials of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (volcano hazard
maps are materials owned by the Cabinet Office) *1 Municipalities (including special wards) with designated flood and inundation hazard areas based on Article 14 of the Flood Control Act,
which have published a hazard map pursuant to Article 15, paragraph (3) of the Flood Control Act *2 Municipalities (including special wards) that have published a hazard map covering the estimated maximum precipitation *3 Municipalities that need to promptly develop a hazard map as they suffered significant damage from past floods, which have already
published a hazard map. *4 Municipalities located in coastal areas or the tsunami hazard areas under Article 8 of the Act on Regional Development for Tsunami Disaster
Prevention, which have already published a tsunami hazard map *5 Since hazard coastal areas were first designated in FY2018, municipalities which were designated as storm surge and inundation hazard
areas under Article 14-3 of the Flood Control Act and have already published a hazard map pursuant to Article 15, paragraph (3) of the Flood Control Act are tallied.
*6 Municipalities (including special wards) designated as sediment disaster hazard areas that have already published a hazard map pursuant to Article 8, paragraph (3) of the Sediment Disasters Prevention Act
*7 Volcanoes for which Volcanic Disaster Management Councils were established in accordance with Article 4 of the Act on Special Measures for Active Volcanoes, which have already published a volcano hazard map (one of the tasks of a Volcanic Disaster Management Council)
Fig. A-46 Formulation of Official Announcement Criteria for Evacuation Recommendations in Municipalities
Note) The disasters anticipated vary from one municipality to another, so the formulation rate is calculated using different denominators,
according to the type of disaster. Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on the "Results of a Survey into the Formulation Status of Specific Official Announcement
Criteria for Evacuation Recommendations" from the Fire and Disaster Management Agency
78.277.4
63.3
80.1
88.9 92.3
74.0
88.7
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Flood SedomentDisasters
Storm Surges Tsunamis
Form
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2013
2015
※市町村によって想定される災害が異なるため、策定率については、災害種別により母数が異なる。
Fig. A-45
Fig. A-46
Flood Hazard Map
Inland Flood Hazard Map
Tsunami Hazard Map
Storm Surge Hazard Map
Sediment Disaster Hazard Map
Volcano Hazard Map
Published: 1,332 municipalities (*1)
(as of end of October 2019)
Published: 554 municipalities (*2)
(as of end of October 2019)
Published: 361 municipalities (*3)
(as of end of March 2019)
Published: 614 municipalities (*4)
(as of end of March 2019)
Published: 2 municipalities (*5)
(as of end of March 2019)
Published: 1,347 municipalities (*6)
(as of end of March 2019)
Published: 49 volcanoes (*7)
(as of end of August 2019)
Sample: 1,356
municipalities
Sample: 1,356
municipalities
Sample: 484
municipalities
Sample: 675
municipalities
Sample: 16
municipalities
Sample: 1,607
municipalities
Sample: 49
volcanoes
Published Unpublished
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Fig. A-47 Communication Method of Evacuation Instructions in Municipalities
Year
Disaster management radio communications
system
Communication facilities of agricultural/
fishery cooperatives
(including wired systems)
Patrols by loudspeaker
vans Siren
Bell ringing
News media
Through voluntary disaster
management organizations
email Other Individual Home
Receivers System
Simultaneous Broadcasting
System
2003 1,748
54% 2,126
66% 591 18%
2,942 92%
2,537 79%
698 22%
675 21%
1,065 33%
- -
1,106 34%
2004 1,731
55% 2,095
67% 559 18%
2,864 92%
2,463 79%
659 21%
663 21%
1,064 34%
- -
1,106 35%
2005 1,365
56% 1,670
69% 449 19%
2,254 93%
1,927 80%
525 22%
642 27%
942 39%
- -
925 38%
2006 1,118
61% 1,349
73% 362 20%
1,739 94%
1,487 81%
414 22%
666 36%
887 48%
- -
781 42%
2007 1,125
62% 1,350
74% 343 19%
1,722 94%
1,462 80%
383 21%
718 39%
939 51%
- -
800 44%
2008 1,117
62% 1,348
74% 323 18%
1,713 95%
1,455 80%
358 20%
750 41%
987 55%
- -
829 46%
2009 1,118
62% 1,361
76% 311 17%
1,702 95%
1,440 80%
345 19%
782 43%
1,015 56%
- -
830 46%
2010 1,096
63% 1,333
76% 289 17%
1,647 94%
1,383 79%
324 19%
811 46%
1,033 59%
- -
830 47%
2011 1,006
62% 1,240
77% 248 15%
1,530 95%
1,271 79%
270 17%
787 49%
1,002 62%
- -
806 50%
2012 1,086
62% 1,340
77% 245 14%
1,644 94%
1,357 78%
285 16%
848 49%
1,129 65%
- -
955 55%
2013 1,097
63% 1,377
79% 219 13%
1,648 95%
1,347 77%
276 16%
878 50%
1,154 66%
- -
998 57%
2014 1,112
64% 1,398
80% 206 12%
1,651 95%
1,334 77%
256 15%
925 50%
1,169 67%
- -
1,049 60%
2015 1,128
65% 1,412
81% 192 11%
1,659 95%
1,317 76%
238 14%
975 56%
1,193 69%
- -
1,093 63%
2016 1,145
66% 1,426
82% 178 10%
1,654 95%
1,282 74%
219 13%
993 57%
1,204 69%
- -
1,078 62%
2017 1,157
66% 1,443
83% 169 10%
1,651 95%
1,277 73%
208 12%
1,028 59%
1,212 70%
- -
1,081 62%
2018 1,170
67% 1,450
83% 155 9%
1,651 95%
1,256 72%
195 11%
1,046 60%
1,203 69%
883 51%
972 56%
2019 1,181
68% 1,466
84% 149 9%
1,658 95%
1,255 72%
182 10%
1,070 61%
1,211 70%
1,070 61%
990 57%
Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on the Fire and Disaster Management Agency report “Status of Regional Disaster Management Administration”
Fig. A-47
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Fig. A-48 Assistance based on Mutual Support Agreements between Prefectures and Support Agreements with Private-Sector Institutions
Year
Support Based on Mutual Support
Agreements Between
Prefectures
Support Agreements with Private-Sector Institutions
Broadcasting Agreements
(agmts.)
Reporting Agreements
Emergency Relief
Agreements
Transportation Agreements
Disaster Recovery
Agreements
Resources Agreements
Other
Total no.
No. of
orgs.
Total no. of
concluded agmts.
No. of
orgs.
Total no. of
concluded agmts.
No. of
orgs.
Total no. of
concluded agmts.
No. of
orgs.
Total no. of
concluded agmts.
No. of
orgs.
Total no. of
concluded agmts.
No. of
orgs.
Total no. of
concluded agmts.
No. of
orgs.
Total no. of
concluded agmts.
No. of
orgs.
2003 23 6 288 47 347 31 191 37 148 39 400 37 711 34 124 19
2004 4 2 288 47 359 33 218 39 165 41 474 39 828 36 134 23
2005 13 8 304 47 362 32 221 43 178 42 504 40 873 40 182 31
2006 5 2 301 46 370 33 241 44 201 40 587 43 992 42 212 37
2007 0 0 304 46 337 34 272 43 211 41 778 43 1,196 44 317 36
2008 12 1 306 46 400 36 316 45 239 43 818 45 1,294 46 461 39
2009 5 1 314 46 399 36 339 44 247 43 857 45 1,364 46 546 41
2010 24 5 329 47 393 36 420 45 254 43 1,590 46 1,431 45 676 42
2011 18 4 318 44 373 33 472 43 235 41 1,568 43 1,357 44 676 39
2012 25 6 334 47 395 36 495 46 291 44 1,825 46 1,461 47 931 46
2013 29 8 360 47 419 38 575 47 317 46 1,913 47 1,558 47 1,178 46
2014 28 6 351 47 445 40 703 47 374 46 2,360 47 1,672 47 1,299 46
2015 24 6 343 47 454 39 893 47 382 46 2,397 47 1,694 47 1,515 46
2016 19 5 352 47 461 40 970 47 438 46 2,626 47 1,795 47 1,751 47
2017 16 5 351 47 438 40 1,065 47 477 47 2,648 47 1,754 47 1,898 47
2018 10 5 349 47 457 41 1,272 47 514 47 3,392 47 1,850 47 2,384 47
2019 14 5 364 47 467 41 1,415 47 561 47 3,461 47 1,998 47 2,893 47
Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on the Fire and Disaster Management Agency report “Status of Regional Disaster Management Administration”
Fig. A-48
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Fig. A-49 Mutual Support Agreements in Municipalities
Year No. of Municipalities
No. of mutual support agreements concluded
between municipalities in the same the prefecture
No. of municipalities that have concluded mutual
support agreements with other municipalities
2003 3,213 1,459 2,363
74%
2004 3,123 1,527 2,306
74%
2005 2,418 1,502 1,771
73%
2006 1,843 1,408 1,457
79%
2007 1,827 1,512 1,471
81%
2008 1,811 1,625 1,656
91%
2009 1,800 1,725 1,646
91%
2010 1,750 1,778 1,571
90%
2011 1,619 1,738 1,476
91%
2012 1,742 2,254 1,645
94%
2013 1,742 2,920 1,650
95%
2014 1,742 3,419 1,697
97%
2015 1,741 3,642 1,705
98%
2016 1,741 4,013 1,699
98%
2017 1,741 4,280 1,698
98%
2018 1,741 ― 1,701
98%
2019 1,741 ― 1,708
98%
Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on the Fire and Disaster Management Agency report “Status of Regional Disaster Management Administration”
Fig. A-49
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Fig. A-50 Municipalities’ Support Agreements with Private-Sector Institutions
Year
Broadcast Agreements
Reporting Agreements
Emergency Relief Agreements
Transportation Agreement
Disaster Recovery Agreements
Resources Agreements Other
No. of orgs.
No. of support
instances
No. of orgs.
No. of support
instances
No. of orgs.
No. of support
instances
No. of orgs.
No. of support
instances
No. of orgs.
No. of support
instances
No. of orgs.
No. of support
instances
No. of orgs.
No. of support
instances
2003 150 10 22 2 726 4 253 2 392 21 562 7 334 6
2004 171 20 20 2 713 4 260 2 445 18 589 5 361 5
2005 191 50 27 2 647 6 271 15 445 39 583 17 376 9
2006 225 38 18 2 574 10 267 3 451 24 619 8 401 2
2007 275 35 24 596 7 292 2 662 23 794 6 484 9
2008 315 62 33 619 2 319 5 813 35 936 17 510 5
2009 362 48 33 658 3 355 2 979 35 1,060 33 559 11
2010 378 35 35 683 6 376 3 1,052 42 1,125 22 580 8
2011 376 107 36 2 645 17 386 109 1,066 548 1,118 226 579 57
2012 437 59 41 3 719 19 462 48 1,242 167 1,309 123 684 54
2013 495 81 58 778 3 519 9 1,318 42 1,412 20 743 6
2014 554 59 66 827 2 602 3 1,360 131 1,466 40 800 17
2015 609 50 83 1 869 34 719 3 1,408 62 1,500 31 809 15
2016 636 48 101 1 921 43 811 6 1,451 41 1,526 44 810 25
2017 676 108 116 1 948 2 870 14 1,454 49 1,543 40 821 11
2018 708 140 117 981 31 925 10 1,478 213 1,561 56 826 276
2019 731 100 135 1 1,007 54 958 20 1,492 1,020 1,577 107 837 37
Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on the Fire and Disaster Management Agency report “Status of Regional Disaster Management Administration”
Fig. A-50
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Fig. A-51 Disaster Management Drill Implementation
Number of Prefectures Conducting Disaster Management Drills and the Number of Drills Conducted
Number of Municipalities Conducting Disaster Management Drills and the Number of Drills Conducted
Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on the Fire and Disaster Management Agency report “Status of Regional
Disaster Management Administration”
47
47 47 47 47 47 47 43 4347 47 47 47 45
47
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232 218
288
347 341
361
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291
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593
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No. of drills conducted
13771461 1485 1512 1544 1526 1543 1518
6,307
6,989
5,932 5,7555,420
5,946 5,8096,014
6,2686,163
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Fig. A-51
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Fig. A-52 Earthquake Disaster Management Drill Implementation
Number of Prefectures Conducting Earthquake Disaster Management Drills, Number of Drills Conducted, and the Number of Participants (Comprehensive Drills)
Number of Prefectures Conducting Earthquake Disaster Management Drills, Number of Drills Conducted, and the Number of Participants (Including Region-Wide Drills)
Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on the Fire and Disaster Management Agency report “Status of Regional
Disaster Management Administration”
47
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47 4642 43 42 40
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4643 45 43
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Fig. A-53 Implementation of Tsunami Countermeasures
(Unit: Extended Distance = km)
Year No. of govts.
Coastlines Designated
as hazardous tsunami
inundation areas
Measures incorporated
into local disaster risk
reduction plan
Evacuation Routes Evacuation Sites Tsunami
Breakwaters
Present Absent No. of routes
No. of govts.
No. of facilities
No. of govts.
Extended distance
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No. of govts.
2003 3,213 1,014 2,199 401 812 1,700 108 5,355 311 1,631 204
2004 3,123 984 2,139 420 799 1,817 104 5,609 306 1,535 204
2005 2,418 806 1,612 374 465 2,099 111 6,442 316 1,472 180
2006 1,843 666 1,177 367 299 3,066 107 6,830 286 1,233 149
2007 1,827 667 1,160 374 384 2,297 108 7,307 292 1,231 143
2008 1,811 659 1,152 417 393 2,593 118 7,647 297 1,105 133
2009 1,800 655 1,145 424 353 2,674 118 7,919 307 1,042 125
2010 1,750 648 1,102 439 385 2,757 118 8,396 304 1,025 123
2011 1,619 609 1,010 425 357 2,448 106 7,448 276 787 93
2012 1,742 646 1,096 492 379 4,058 130 12,110 323 886 107
2013 1,742 646 1,096 539 383 5,054 139 16,238 361 905 104
2014 1,742 646 1,096 576 403 5,591 155 19,405 380 848 96
2015 1,741 646 1,095 603 431 6,176 166 22,589 410 841 97
2016 1,741 646 1,095 612 444 6,086 174 23,263 418 913 93
2017 1,741 645 1,096 623 483 9,414 179 23,481 425 959 98
2018 1,741 645 1,096 626 500 10,058 184 23,285 414 967 101
2019 1,741 645 1,096 628 525 10,279 187 24,331 432 1,023 101
Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on the Fire and Disaster Management Agency report “Status of Regional Disaster Management Administration”
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9. Japan's International Cooperation Fig. A-54 List of Cooperation Projects Conducted by Ministries and Agencies
Ministry/ Agency Project Partner/ Target
Country (Target Institution)
Description
Budget for FY2019
(in JPY million; if applicable)
Department Responsible
Cabinet Office (CAO)
Partnership between the Cabinet Office and FEMA
US
Based on the Memorandum of Cooperation signed by the Cabinet Office and FEMA in December 2014, MOC was revised in December 2019 because 5 years had passed since the conclusion.
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Disaster Preparedness, Public Relations and International Cooperation Division, Disaster Management Bureau, CAO
Partnership between the Cabinet Office and Indian Ministry of Home Affairs
India
Based on the Memorandum of Cooperation signed by the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Home Affairs in India in September 2017, aiming to develop a disaster management partnership and strengthen the relationship between the two counties, the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Home Affairs held the Follow-up Meeting for the 3rd round of the Japan-India Disaster Management Cooperation Meeting in Delhi in June 2019.
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Disaster Preparedness, Public Relations and International Cooperation Division, Disaster Management Bureau, CAO
Cooperation in disaster risk reduction through the Japan International Public-Private Association for Disaster Risk Reduction (JIPAD) for overseas deployment of the disaster prevention technologies
Countries
The Cabinet Office has established the "Japan International Public-Private Association for Disaster Risk Reduction (JIPAD)” in August 2019 with the aim of promoting the deployment of Japanese disaster risk reduction technology abroad under the framework of public- private collaboration and leading the improvement of disaster risk reduction capabilities worldwide including two public-private sector liaison meetings, bringing together related ministries and agencies, private companies, and ambassadors in Tokyo; three public-private sector disaster prevention seminars overseas (Turkey, Ecuador, and Colombia) and 11 seminars in Japan to introduce the technologies for DRR/ DRM of Japanese companies.
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Disaster Preparedness, Public Relations and International Cooperation Division, Disaster Management Bureau, CAO
Japan-U.S. Emergency Management Working Group
US
Partnerships in the field of Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Systems were deepened through regular exchanges of information and opinions since 2013,, and reciprocal invitations to exercises, which took place within the framework of the Emergency Management Working Group (EMWG) under the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Commission on Civil Nuclear Cooperation established in 2012. The 12th EMWG was held in the United States in September 2019 to discuss the outcome of the cooperation and the action plan for the next 3 years. Prior to the meeting, participants participated in seminars and tabletop exercises on nuclear emergencies in the United States.
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Director General for Nuclear Disaster Management, CAO
Cooperation between the Cabinet Office of Japan and the Ministry of the Interior of France on emergency management related to nuclear accidents
France
Opinions are exchanged with relevant bodies in the country and reciprocal invitations to exercises were issued within the framework of the memorandum of cooperation on nuclear emergency preparedness signed in May 2015. In October 2019, the Cabinet Office held the first meeting of the "Committee for Cooperation in the Field of Emergency Situation and Management in the Event of a Nuclear Accident," introducing the efforts of the two countries to enhance the emergency response plan and discussing areas of future cooperation. In January 2020, Cabinet Office officials visited French related organizations.
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Director General for Nuclear Disaster Management, CAO
Hosting observers of a comprehensive nuclear emergency response exercise
Eight countries and regions and one international organization
With the objective of sharing information and exchanging views concerning nuclear emergency preparedness in each country, a total of 21 foreign* personnel inspected the Comprehensive Nuclear Emergency Response Exercise held at the Shimane Nuclear Power Station in November 2019. After touring the national base on the day following the training, an international workshop was held to exchange views on trainings and exercises and the system for emergencies between visitors and staffs in charge who planned the training. *The US, France, the United Kingdom, Finland, UAE, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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Director General for Nuclear Disaster Management, CAO/ International Affairs Office, Policy Planning and Coordination Division, Secretary-General’s Secretariat, the Secretariat of the Nuclear Regulation Authority
Ministry of Internal Affairs and
Communications (MIC)
Promotion of International Cooperation of ICT Systems for Disaster Management
ASEAN
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) encourages countries in the ASEAN region prone to natural disasters to collaborate with the private sector through policy dialogs, demonstration tests, workshops and others to promote the overseas deployment of the ICT system for disaster management, which have been cultivated based on Japan's experience and expertise.
Included as a part of packaged assistance projects for strengthening international competitiveness in the field of ICT, FY2019 (JPY 377m)
International Cooperation Division, Global Strategy Bureau, MIC
Support to AHA Center (ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management)
AHA Center (ASEAN)
ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF) to support the AHA Center, which is the disaster management information hub for the ASEAN region. The center not only shares disaster information with the ASEAN nations and coordinates emergency responses in the event of a natural disaster or emergency, but also monitors the ASEAN region, supports disaster drills in the region and holds workshops to consolidate the partnership with disaster response organizations in normal times.
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International Cooperation Division, Global Strategy Bureau, MIC Regional Policy Division, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, MOFA
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Ministry/ Agency Project Partner/ Target
Country (Target Institution)
Description
Budget for FY2019
(in JPY million; if applicable)
Department Responsible
Fire and Disaster Management
Agency (FDMA)
International Forum on Fire and Disaster Management
Asian countries
The International Forum on Fire and Disaster Management has been held since 2007 to mainly enable Asian countries to improve their firefighting and disaster management capacity and to introduce Japan's firefighting technologies and systems.
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(Counselor of) Civil Protection and Disaster Management Department, FDMA
Japan-Republic of Korea Firefighting Administration Seminar
Republic of Korea
In the wake of the Year of Japan-Republic of Korea National Exchange and the joint hosting of the 2002 FIFA World Cup by the two countries, the Japan-ROK Firefighting Administration Seminar started to take place – which aimed at promoting the two countries’ communication, partnership and cooperation in fire service and disaster management through sharing information and exchanging ideas . The seminar has been held on the delegation’s mutual visit.
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(Counselor of) Civil Protection and Disaster Management Department, FDMA
Cooperation in the fire control field between the Fire and Disaster Management Agency and the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam
Vietnam
Based on the Memorandum of Cooperation in the fire control field signed in October 2018, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency will exchange opinions with relevant Vietnamese agencies and provide them with support in improving fire control and safety, including the standardization of fire control equipment and the establishment of a certification system.
- Fire Prevention Division, FDMA
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS)
134 countries that are the object of ODA (Public offering in 2020)
This program is jointly implemented by MOFA, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), MEXT, the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED). Research institutions in Japan and developing countries cooperate with one another to conduct joint international research on solutions to global issues, tapping into the power of Japanese leading science and technology and the Official Development Assistance (ODA). Disaster prevention is one of the research fields under this program; in FY2019, 25 projects were carried out in 20 countries.
(MOFA) Included in JICA Management
Expenses Grant (MEXT)
Included in JST Management
Expenses Grant
Development Administration Division, International Cooperation Bureau, MOFA International Science and Technology Affairs Division, Science and Technology Policy Bureau, MEXT
Japan-Turkey Disaster Management Cooperation
Turkey
This program is jointly implemented by MOFA, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), MEXT, the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED). Research institutes in Japan and developing countries cooperate in the international research on solutions to global issues, tapping into the power of leading science and technology and Official Development Assistance (ODA). On December 10, 2019, the first annual conference was held in Tokyo.
- First Middle East Division, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, MOFA
Provision of Emergency Relief Goods
Countries affected by natural disasters
In the event of a large-scale disaster overseas, MOFA decides providing emergency relief goods to support the immediate needs of affected people, upon request of the government of the affected country through Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). In FY2019, 10 cases of such assistance were carried out. One example is the provision of tents, blankets, and other supplies to hurricane damage victims in the Bahamas in September. *As of the end of February 2020.
Included in JICA Management Expenses Grant
Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Relief Division International Cooperation Bureau, MOFA
Deployment of Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) teams
Countries affected by natural disasters
In 2019, seven teams were dispatched to five countries in total, including the Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) teams and the Infection Control Team (ICT)(the first and second teams), in response to the outbreak of measles in the Independent State of Samoa, which began to worsen around November. * As of the end of February 2020.
Included in JICA Management Expenses Grant
Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Relief Division International Cooperation Bureau, MOFA
Operation of IAEA RANET Capacity Building Centre (CBC)
IAEA member countries (IAEA)
The IAEA RANET Capacity Building Centre (CBC), where IAEA staff are permanently stationed, was designated in Fukushima Prefecture in May 2013, based on the "Practical Arrangements Between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the International Atomic Energy Agency on Cooperation in the Area of Emergency Preparedness and Response" signed between MOFA and the IAEA in December 2012. Materials and equipment stored for emergence response in the CBC are used in an emergency involving radiation. In addition, the CBC serves as the venue for training courses for officials from foreign and Japanese governments and local government officials held several times a year.
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International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division, Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Science Department, MOFA
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Ministry/ Agency Project Partner/ Target
Country (Target Institution)
Description
Budget for FY2019
(in JPY million; if applicable)
Department Responsible
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
Promotion of "Sentinel Asia" Project to Share Information on Natural Disasters Between Asia - Pacific Countries
28 countries and regions of the Asia Pacific Region/ 16 international organizations
This project is led and implemented by Japan to contribute to disaster management efforts in the Asia-Pacific Region. It uses satellites to share information relating to natural disasters. Participants consist of 28 countries and regions, 95 institutions, and 16 international institutions (as of February 2020).
Included in JAXA Management Expenses Grant
Office for Space Utilization Promotion, Space Development and Utilization Division, Research and Development Bureau, MEXT
Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS)
Developing Countries and Others Targeted for ODA Technical Cooperation
Through Japanese leading science and technology and Official Development Assistance (ODA), SATREPS has been set up in order to promote joint international research on solutions to global issues that occur in developing countries, including DRR.
Included in JST Management Expenses Grant
International Science and Technology Affairs Division, Science and Technology Policy Bureau, MEXT
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
Disaster Management Collaboration Dialogues
Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia, Turkey,
Since 2013, workshops have been held to match Japanese technologies for DRR/DRM with disaster management issues of other countries.
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River Planning Division, Water and Disaster Management Bureau, MLIT / Overseas Projects Division, Policy Bureau, MLIT
Initiatives on Tsunami Preparedness in Partnership with Chile
Chile On the assumption that a tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile propagated the Pacific Ocean, communication drills, etc. were conducted with Chile (Date of Drill: October 31, 2019)
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Risk Management Office, Coastal Administration and Disaster Management Division, Ports and Harbors Bureau, MLIT
Raising Awareness of World Tsunami Awareness Day (Hamaguchi Award)
All relevant countries
Taking advantage of the opportunity presented by the establishment of World Tsunami Awareness Day, Japan founded the Hamaguchi Award (presented by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Tourism) in FY2016 for individuals and/or organizations within Japan or overseas that have made significant contributions in the field of technologies for coastal disaster risk reduction, especially tsunami preparedness. At the award ceremony held on October 29, 2019, Professor Tomoya Shibayama of Waseda University/Professor Emeritus of Yokohama National University and Professor Ahmet Cevdet Yalciner of Middle East Technical University (Turkey) received the prize.
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Port and Airport Research Institute, National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology
US-Japan Natural Resources Panel on Earthquake Research (UJNR)
US
With a view to contributing to the establishment of earthquake disaster reduction technologies, researchers from public seismic research institutions in Japan and the U.S. met to present the latest research outcomes and exchange opinions. The event was held in Kumamoto Prefecture in 2020 (the event will be held every two years in Japan and the U.S. alternately).
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Research Management Division, Geography and Crustal Dynamics Research Center, Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, MLIT
International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM)
UNESCO, etc.
As a UNESCO Category 2 Center, Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) actively undertook research, training, and information networking activities aimed at mitigating damage due to water hazards worldwide. Specifically, it developed the Rainfall-Runoff-Inundation model (WEB-RRI model), and put them into practice in the field; conducted research and development on risk management; and offered master’s and doctoral courses in disaster mitigation studies. In addition, it undertook technical assistance and international support initiatives funded by organizations including UNESCO and the World Bank.
- Public Works Research Institute
Discussion with India on DRR Technology Through a Bilateral Conference
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in India
In accordance with the cooperation framework concluded in September 2014, the 6th meeting of the Japan–India Joint Working Group on Roads and Road Transport was held in Tokyo. At the meeting, the Japanese side presented slope protection measures and the disaster recovery measures implemented in FY2018.
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International Affairs Office, Planning Division, Road Bureau, MLIT
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Ministry/ Agency Project Partner/ Target
Country (Target Institution)
Description
Budget for FY2019
(in JPY million; if applicable)
Department Responsible
Japan Metrological Agency (JMA)
International Cooperation through WMO
WMO member countries
The JMA, as a constituent member of the WMO (one of the specialized institutions of the UN to facilitate harmonious development of meteorological services around the world), sends experts to international conferences and is responsible for international centers.
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Office of Disaster Mitigation, Planning Division, Administration Department, JMA
International Cooperation through UNESCO
UNESCO member countries, etc.
Under the framework of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), the JMA collects, analyzes, and provides data on oceans and maritime meteorology for the northeast Asian region. It also provides information on tsunamis caused by earthquakes that occur in the northwest Pacific region.
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Office of Disaster Mitigation, Planning Division, Administration Department, JMA
International Cooperation through International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
ICAO member countries
The JMA participates in meetings organized by the ICAO, as well as investigations into adopting and improving standard international criteria for aviation weather services. It has also been appointed by the ICAO to operate international centers, thus contributing to the safe operation of global aircraft.
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Office of Disaster Mitigation, Planning Division, Administration Department, JMA
Collaboration on International Research Plans
All relevant countries
The JMA promotes various international research projects in cooperation with other countries. On climate change, it has been involved in writing evaluation reports on the activities of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since the panel was established in 1988.
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Office of Disaster Mitigation, Planning Division, Administration Department, JMA
Human Resource Development Aid and Technological Cooperation to Developing Countries
All relevant countries
Together with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the JMA conducts training for developing countries to improve their meteorological services. Also, in response to requests from developing countries, the JMA dispatches expert staff and accepts trainees from national meteorological institutions.
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Office of Disaster Mitigation, Planning Division, Administration Department, JMA
Japan Coast Guard (JCG)
Participation in the projects of the Northwest Pacific Action Plan (NOWPAP) Marine Environmental Emergency Preparedness and Response Regional Activity Centre (MERRAC)
Republic of Korea, China, Russia
The JCG participates in the projects of the NOWPAP MERRAC, which is a center responsible for preparing for and responding to marine environmental emergencies. As well as undertaking a marine environmental conservation initiative focused on the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea, etc. in partnership with neighboring countries, the JCG takes part in joint oil spill cleanup drills organized by relevant organizations and attends meetings held each year. Through these activities, it promotes international cooperation by striving to build systems that will enable relevant countries to work together in the event of an accident.
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Protection of Marine Environment Division, Guard & Rescue Department, JCG
Ministry of Defense (MOD)
HA/DR Multinational Exercise (Equator 19) Hosted by the French Armed Forces in New Caledonia
France, Australia, Canada, Fiji, Indonesia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu
A multilateral joint training hosted by the French Armed Forces in New Caledonia Navy. Japan joined the drills related to disaster relief and humanitarian aid activities.
- Training Division, Bureau of Defense Policy, MOD
US-Philippines Joint Training Exercise (Kamandag 2019)
US, Philippines A joint training hosted by the U.S. and the Philippines. Japan joined the drills related to humanitarian aid and disaster relief activities as part of international disaster relief activities.
- Training Division, Bureau of Defense Policy, MOD
Training for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief in the Federated States of Micronesia and other Countries (Christmas Drop)
USA, Australia, New Zealand
A joint training among Japan, the U.S., and Australia. The drills related to humanitarian aid and disaster relief activities were implemented.
- Training Division, Bureau of Defense Policy, MOD
Exercise Cobra Gold 2020
Thailand, US, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, India, China
A multilateral joint training hosted by the U.S. and Thailand. Japan joined the drills related to humanitarian aid and civilian assistance activities.
- Training Division, Bureau of Defense Policy, MOD
Japan-U.S.-Australia Joint Training and Japan-U.S.-Australia Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Joint Training at Cope North 20
US, Australia A joint training among Japan, the U.S., and Australia. Japan conducted the drills related to humanitarian aid and disaster relief activities.
- Training Division, Bureau of Defense Policy, MOD
Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on materials from various ministries and agencies.
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Fig. A-55 Technical Cooperation Projects in Disaster Risk Reduction (FY2019)
Country Cooperation
Period Project Name Description
Indonesia 2013-2019
Project for Assessing and Integrating Climate Change Impacts into the Water Resources Management Plans for Brantas and Musi River Basins
Supports the implementation by Indonesia of water resources management that takes into account the effects of climate change, by providing advice on the formulation of water resource management plans in Indonesia's Brantas and Musi River Basins that take such effects into consideration, and by drafting guidelines that can also be applied to other river basins.
Indonesia 2019-2023 Earthquake and Tsunami Observation and Information Dissemination Capacity Improvement Project
In Indonesia, where earthquakes and tsunamis frequently occur, the project aims at disseminating timely and accurate seismic information and tsunami warnings to disaster management agencies and residents by enhancing a series of capacities of Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG)(Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics) from observing earthquake and tsunami to information dissemination.
Philippines 2016-2019 Project for Strengthening Capacity of Integrated Data Management of Flood Forecasting and Warning
This project aims to enhance the capacity of PAGASA (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Service Administration) on integrated data management and utilization for river flood forecasting and warning. The project gives focus on the operation in Cagayan de Oro/Tagoloan River Flood Forecasting and Waning Center.
Philippines 2017-2021 Development of an Extreme Weather Observation and Information Sharing System (SATREPS)
This includes establishing a lightning, weather and 3D cloud structure monitoring system, developing technologies for short-term weather forecasts of extreme weather and the intensity of cyclones in Metropolitan Manila using an extrapolation method and developing software to distribute information to disaster management organizations.
Philippines 2018-2020 Project for Developing a Flood Control Master Plan for Davao
This project aims to support the preparation of a comprehensive flood control master plan for three river basins (Davao river, Matina river, Talomo river) in Davao city and carry out feasibility studies on priority plans.
Thailand 2016-2019 Project for Strengthening the ASEAN Regional Capacity on Disaster Health Management (ARCH Project)
Thailand’s National Institute for Emergency Medicine (NIEM) serves as the implementing agency for this project, which aims to strengthen collaborative frameworks for disaster health management in the ASEAN region through collaborative intraregional disaster health management drills, the development of collaboration tools, and training courses, thereby enhancing disaster response capabilities within the region. ASEAN has endorsed this project as an official ASEAN project.
Thailand 2018-2022
The project on regional resilience enhancement through establishment of Area-BCM at industry complexes in Thailand
This project aims to establish a method to introduce and use Area-BCM in clusters in Thailand through the development of a method to analyze and assess flood risks, development of a method for business impact analysis concerning natural disasters, establishment of systems to manage Area-BCM in specific clusters, and development of training programs for the domestic and international introduction of Area-BCM.
Vietnam 2018-2021 The project for strengthening capacity in weather forecasting and flood early warning system
This project aims to provide disaster management institutions and residents with more accurate meteorological information in a prompt manner by improving maintenance, inspection, and calibration skills for meteorological observation equipment, improving abilities to analyze data obtained from two weather radars introduced under the Grand Aid program and quality control skills, improving monitoring and forecasting skills concerning heavy rains and typhoons, and improving communication skills.
Myanmar 2015-2020
Project for Development of a Comprehensive Disaster Resilience System and Collaboration Platform in Myanmar (SATREPS)
Yangon Technological University, which falls under the jurisdiction of Myanmar’s Ministry of Education, is planning to develop and build a scenario analysis system that forecasts changes in disaster vulnerability as needed, and an integrated disaster response system based on this to enhance disaster resilience. In addition, it is planning to establish an industry-academia-government collaborative platform to disseminate these systems in governmental organizations and industry. Japan will provide support for R&D of these systems, human resource development required for this R&D, and the establishment of a platform, thereby helping to enhance disaster resilience in Myanmar.
Myanmar 2019-2022 Project for Enhancing Capacity of Weather Observation and Forecasting in Myanmar
This program aims to improve the Myanmar Department of Meteorology and Hydrology’s capacity for the maintenance of meteorological observation equipment and weather data analysis and processing skills. By ensuring more effective forecasting, Myanmar aims to reduce damage from disasters. This program is intended to create a synergy effect with support related to meteorological observation equipment, such as the introduction of three weather radars under the Grand Aid program.
Mongolia 2016-2019 Project for Strengthening the National Capacity of Earthquake Disaster Protection and Prevention in Mongolia
This project seeks to strengthen capacity at the Mongolian national government’s disaster prevention body (National Emergency Management Agency: NEMA) by strengthening preventive measures in respect of earthquake-related disaster preparedness. In addition to increasing NEMA’s capacity to formulate its own disaster prevention plans, this project will improve NEMA’s capacity through the engagement in the initiatives such as the formulation and updating of disaster prevention plans by regional governments and earthquake-resistant construction and disaster preparedness education by other ministries and agencies.
Kyrgyz 2016-2019 Project for Capacity Development for Road Disaster Prevention Management
This road disaster prevention project involving Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Transport and Roads seeks to (1) summarize the roles of relevant departments; (2) improve road disaster prevention inspection and analysis capabilities; (3) build and operate a road disaster prevention database management system; and (4) promote cooperation in improving capabilities in the area of preparing road disaster prevention management plans. Through this, it aims to develop capacity for road disaster prevention management within the Ministry of Transport and Roads, and thereby increase the safety of road traffic against slope or snow disasters in the area under the jurisdiction of the road maintenance management office targeted by the project.
Turkmenistan 2017-2020 Project for Improvement of the Earthquake Monitoring System in and around the Ashgabat City
The purpose of this project is to improve the capacity of the nation in earthquake observation and earthquake hazard assessment of earthquake risk using earthquake observation data and the result of earthquake hazard assessment and formulate earthquake disaster management plans by developing an earthquake observation and strong motion observation system to establish a system for early decision-making on seismic intensity, epicenter and earthquake size and prediction of seismic intensity in pilot districts of the Ashgabat Area.
Armenia 2019-2021 The Project for the Improvement of Crisis Communication and Public Awareness for Disaster Risk Reduction
This program aims to improve the crisis communication capabilities of the Ministry of Emergency Situations (Armenia) and domestic media by developing crisis communication guidelines, conducting drills based on the guidelines, developing training materials and plans, and conducting training, with a view to ensuring accurate and timely emergency communication.
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Country Cooperation
Period Project Name Description
Bangladesh 2014-2018 Research Project on Disaster Prevention/Mitigation Measures against Floods and Storm Surges (SATREPS)
This project proposes prevention and mitigation measures for storm surge and flood damage including the creation of flood risk maps and storm surge risk maps, measures to address river bank erosion and river levee collapse, and measures to prevent toxic substance diffusion at times of flooding, and experimentally conducts such measures.
Bangladesh 2015-2021 Building Safety Promotion Project for Disaster Risk Reduction (BSPP)
Primarily targeting staff at the Public Works Department under the Ministry of Housing and Public Works, this project seeks to increase the safety of buildings in Bangladesh and reduce the risk of disaster in urban areas by supporting efforts to strengthen human resource development systems aimed at increasing building safety and making use of manuals to enhance the capability of the staff for evaluating seismic capacity, undertaking seismic design and supervising construction at the end of the project.
Bangladesh 2016-2021
Technical Development to Upgrade Structural Integrity of Buildings in Densely Populated Urban Areas and its Strategic Implementation towards Resilient Cities (SATREPS)
Focusing on buildings in Dhaka that are primarily built from reinforced concrete, this project involves research into diagnostic techniques and reinforcement methods suitable to local components and structural styles, and the presentation of recommendations for strategies for applying them. Through this, it aims to increase the structural resilience of buildings, and encourage technology development and its effective implementation, thereby contributing to reducing the structural vulnerability of buildings in Bangladesh, and increasing safety against urban earthquakes.
Bangladesh 2020-2024
(plans)
Project for Strengthening Abilities to Formulate and Conduct Local Disaster Plans
The project provides support to formulate local disaster management plans for weather-related disasters in two Upazilas of Cox's Bazar, Shunamganj and Kurigram Districts as pilot activity sites and obtains budget for the implementation of the planned projects, and develops local management plans throughout the country to strengthen the implemented system.
Nepal 2016-2021 The project for Integrated Research on Great Earthquakes and Disaster Mitigation in Nepal Himalaya (SATREPS)
The goal of this project is to strengthen remote monitoring systems and develop human resources in the earthquake field by estimating future earthquakes that could occur in the Himalayan seismic gap, thoroughly examining the ground properties of the Kathmandu basin, and enhancing the seismographic network.
Pakistan 2016-2021 Project for Capacity Development of Disaster Management
Via the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), an NDMA training institution established in 2007 to develop capacity at the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), this project will support efforts to strengthen human resource development implementation systems in the field of disaster management and contribute to increasing the knowledge concerning disaster management held by personnel belonging to the country’s disaster management administration bodies.
Sri Lanka 2014-2018 Technical Cooperation for Landslide Mitigation Project
This project supports the enhancement of sediment disaster management capacity in Sri Lanka through conducting surveys and assessments of sediment disaster countermeasures, development of designs to prevent landslide, slope failures and rocks fall, design and construction supervision and monitoring, and accumulation of knowledge and know-how on sediment disasters mitigation measures.
Sri Lanka 2018-2021 Project for capacity strengthening regarding non-structural measures for landslide risk reduction
This program aims to improve Sri Lanka’s capabilities concerning intangible measures by establishing an early sediment disaster alert system using risk assessment, and introducing the concept of land use planning.
Sri Lanka 2020-2024
(plans)
Project to Promote the Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction through the Development of Local Disaster Management Plans Based on Watershed Strategies
The project will support the development of a system to promote the mainstreaming of disaster risk management (DRM) in Sri Lanka through the development of local disaster management plans and improvement of items on the introduction of a disaster risk management perspective in the applications for the projects of the central government agencies in the Kelani River Basin, including Colombo City, a major city in Sri Lanka, as a pilot area.
Sri Lanka 2018-2020 Project for Storm Water Drainage Plan in selected areas in Colombo Metropolitan Region
This project aims to plan urban drainage and inland flood control measures in Colombo and its surrounding areas, while also selecting priority programs and conducting investigations.
Fiji 2014-2018 Project to Promote Mainstreaming of Disaster Risk Reduction
The project aims to strengthen the capacities of the National Disaster Management. Office (NDMO) to implement and facilitate disaster risk management activities through the improvement of hazard evaluation abilities, the formulation and dissemination of the local disaster management, and the development of a system to implement and facilitate disaster management projects of the central government in Fiji, which is highly susceptible to natural disasters.
Vanuatu 2018-2021 Project for Enhancing the Capacity of Issuing Earthquake, Tsunami and Storm Surge Information
This project aims to develop a system for the timely and accurate communication of earthquake, tsunami, and storm surge information from the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geohazards Department and the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) to relevant institutions and residents, by strengthening earthquake and tide monitoring networks (including the observation networks developed under the Grand Aid program), improving data analysis capabilities, and enhancing disaster information communication and alert issuing capabilities.
Central America
2015-2020 Project on Capacity Development for Disaster Risk Management in Central America, Phase 2
The Project on Capacity Development for Disaster Risk Management in Central America was conducted to build disaster-resilient societies by improving the disaster risk reduction capabilities of six countries in Central America (El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama), which face similar risks in terms of natural disasters, including earthquakes, floods, and volcanic disasters. Based on the results of that project, Phase 2 supports the strengthening of capacity among administrative organizations with a view to nationwide rollout, and the strengthening of frameworks for sustained efforts to popularize systematic community disaster preparedness, as well as supporting the construction of frameworks for sharing each country’s experiences with others in Central America, with the aim of developing disaster risk management capacity throughout the region.
Mexico 2016-2021 Hazard Assessment of Large Earthquakes and Tsunamis in the Mexican Pacific Coast for Disaster Mitigation (SATREPS)
In collaboration with a Mexican research institute, this project involves installing measuring instruments on the earth’s surface and sea floor in the coastal region of Guerrero state in southern Mexico, and gathering and analyzing earthquake data. This will be used to develop scenarios for major earthquake and tsunami disasters that could occur in future and to prepare a hazard map and evacuation signs. In addition, the project will develop and disseminate a disaster mitigation education program that takes local sociocultural attributes into account.
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Country Cooperation
Period Project Name Description
Nicaragua 2016-2019 Project for Strengthening of Capacity of the Central American Tsunami Advisory Center (CATAC)
Focusing on the Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER) (Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies) which implemented a 24-hour earthquake and tsunami monitoring system for the first time in the Central America and the Central American Tsunami Advisory Center (CATAC) in Nicaragua, the goal of this project is to improve the quantitative tsunami forecasting capabilities required for CATAC’s tsunami advisory information so that the information can be used in the tsunami warnings of Central American countries. It will involve increasing CATAC’s ability to analyze earthquake parameters and forecast tsunami using observation data from Central American countries; putting in place facilities and infrastructure for conducting human resource development in Central American countries; and conducting human resource development among core personnel. This has been implemented.
Honduras 2018-2022 Project for Control and Mitigation of Landslide in Tegucigalpa Metropolitan Area
This project aims to improve landslide management capabilities by strengthening the following skills: (1) detailed investigation and analysis to understand landslide phenomenon; (2) design, construction, construction management, and maintenance skills concerning small and medium-scale landslide control measure; (3) formulation of landslide hazard maps and risk maps; and (4) land use regulation related to landslide disasters.
Chile 2014-2019 Disaster Risk Reduction Training Program for Latin America and the Caribbean
With a view to contributing to the improvement of disaster risk reduction measures in Latin America and the Caribbean, this project will support the development of mechanisms to establish Chile as a base for human resource development in the field of disaster risk reduction. These mechanisms will cover such matters as cooperation policy, budget planning, needs surveys in countries receiving assistance, the coordination and investment of cooperation resources appropriate to those needs, and capacity building for implementation of each training course, etc.
Chile 2018-2021 Institutional Strengthening of ONEMI for Capacity Development in Disaster Risk Reduction Project
Under the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, this project aims to contribute to disaster prevention measures taken by ONEMI (Chile’s national disaster control institution) by improving capabilities required for the promotion of disaster prevention and reduction measures, development of a disaster knowledge management system, and formulation of regional disaster management plans and developing disaster-prevention human resources.
Colombia 2015-2020
Project for Application of State of the Art Technologies to Strengthen Research and Response to Seismic, Volcanic and Tsunami Events, and Enhance Risk Management (SATREPS)
Colombia experiences frequent disasters due to earthquakes, tsunami, and volcanic eruptions. This project involves promoting partnerships between research institutes and relevant disaster management organizations, along with research and practical activities aimed at strengthening measures to mitigate the damage due to disaster through capacity building in such areas as earthquake, tsunami, and volcanic activity monitoring, modeling, damage forecasting, and the transmission of information. In addition, it will contribute to advances in disaster research in South America through collaboration with neighboring countries.
Ecuador 2017-2021 Project for Safe and Resilient Cities for Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster
Initiatives for developing “disaster resilient cities” will be deployed nationwide to mitigate damage caused by earthquakes and tsunamis by formulating tsunami evacuation plans, updating the disaster management agenda and strengthening the operational structure of building system in three pilot cities (Atacames, Portoviejo and Salinas).
Mauritius 2019-2022 Project for Enhancing Meteorological Observation, Weather Forecasting and Warning Capabilities
This project aims to ensure the timely provision of accurate meteorological information to Mauritian disaster management institutions and residents through technological cooperation aimed at improving the Mauritius Meteorological Services’ forecasting and alert issuing capabilities, while also utilizing weather radars introduced under the Grand Aid program.
Philippines 2019-2024 Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Capacity Enhancement Project Phase 2
This project supports the planning, implementation and monitoring of disaster prevention measures to reduce human and economic damages caused by natural disasters with technical support of the national disaster management system in the regional and local governments (provinces, cities and towns).
Bhutan 2019-2022
(plans)
Project on Strengthening Weather Observation, Forecasting and Flood Warning Capacities for Disaster Preparedness and Responses in the Thimphu and Paro River Basins
This project will enhance the capacities of the National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) for weather observation and forecasting, and flood risk assessment, forecasting and warning in the Thimphu and the Paro River basins as well as strengthen the capacities of the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) and the provinces and cities in the basins for preparedness of and respond to flood disasters.
Source: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
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10. Others Fig. A-56 Number of Earthquake Insurance Contracts
Source: Formulated by the Cabinet Office based on materials from the General Insurance Rating Organization of Japan
Fig. A-57 Awareness of Self-Help, Mutual Support, and Public Support Measures
Source: Formulated by Cabinet Office on basis of "Public Opinion Poll regarding Disaster Risk Reduction” conducted by the
Public Relations Office, Cabinet Office
September 2002 Survey
December 2013 Survey
November 2017 Survey
Public support measures should be of primary importance
Mutual support should be of primary importance
Self-help should be of primary importance
Integration of public support measures, mutual support and self-help is important Others
I don’t know
Fig. A-56
Fig. A-57
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Fig. A-58 Tables Explaining the Japan Meteorological Agency Seismic Intensity Scale
Notes:
(1) As a rule, seismic intensities announced by JMA are values observed using seismic intensity meters
installed on the ground or on the first floor of low-rise buildings. This document describes the phenomena
and damage that may be observed for individual seismic intensity levels. Seismic intensities are not
determined from the observed phenomena described here.
(2) Seismic ground motion is significantly influenced by underground conditions and topography. Seismic
intensity is the value observed at a site where a seismic intensity meter is installed, and may vary even
within the same city. In addition, the amplitude of seismic motion generally differs by floor and location
within the same building, as shaking on upper floors of middle-to-high-rise buildings may be considerably
amplified.
(3) Sites with the same level of seismic intensity will not necessarily suffer the same degree of damage, as the
effect of tremors depends on the nature of the seismic motion (such as amplitude, period and duration),
the type of construction and underground conditions.
(4) This document describes typical phenomena that may be seen at individual seismic intensity levels. In
some cases, the level of damage may be greater or less than specified. Not all phenomena described for
each intensity level may necessarily occur.
(5) The information outlined here is made by experiences of recent earthquake disasters and regularly
checked at intervals of about five years. This information will be updated in line with actual phenomena
observed in new cases or improvements in the earthquake resistance of buildings and structures.
(6) In the case that the extent of damage cannot be shown in round numbers, the following adverbs and
adjectives have been used as a tentative guide.
Term Definition
Rarely
A few/little
Majority
Almost all
Extremely limited. Hardly ever.
Number/extent is extremely small. Just a little bit.
Half or more. Less than “almost all.”
Not all but close to all.
There are (also),
there may be
Used to express something that typically starts to appear at this seismic intensity level, where the quantity is not great, but it is hard to quantify the number/extent.
Increases It is difficult to specify the quantity, but it is more than would be the case for a lower level of intensity.
Increases further Same meaning as “increases” above. Used in relation to lower levels of intensity, just like “increases” above.
* The JMA sometimes publishes earthquake intensities obtained from questionnaire surveys, but these are
expressed as “corresponding to seismic intensity xx” and are distinguished from seismic intensity levels
observed by seismic intensity meters.
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●Human perception and reaction, indoor situation, outdoor situation Seismic
intensity Human perception and reaction Indoor situation Outdoor situation
0 Imperceptible to people, but recorded by seismometers.
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1 Felt slightly by some people keeping quiet in buildings.
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2 Felt by many people keeping quiet in buildings. Some people may be awoken.
Hanging objects such as lamps swing slightly.
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3
Felt by most people in buildings. Felt by some people walking. Many people are awoken.
Dishes in cupboards may rattle. Electric wires swing slightly.
4 Most people are startled. Felt by most people walking. Most people are awoken.
Hanging objects such as lamps swing significantly, and dishes in cupboards rattle. Unstable ornaments may fall.
Electric wires swing significantly. Those driving vehicles may notice the tremor.
5 Lower Many people are frightened and feel the need to hold onto something stable.
Hanging objects such as lamps swing violently. Dishes in cupboards and items on bookshelves may fall. Many unstable ornaments fall. Unsecured furniture may move, and unstable furniture may topple over.
In some cases, windows may break and fall. People notice electricity poles moving. Roads may sustain damaged.
5 Upper
Many people find it hard to move; walking is difficult without holding onto something stable.
Dishes in cupboards and items on bookshelves are more likely to fall. TVs may fall from their stands, and unsecured furniture may topple over.
Windows may break and fall, unreinforced concrete-block walls may collapse, poorly installed vending machines may topple over, automobiles may stop due to the difficulty of continued movement.
6 Lower It is difficult to remain standing.
Many unsecured furniture moves and may topple over. Doors may become wedged shut.
Wall tiles and windows may sustain damage and fall.
6 Upper It is impossible to remain standing or move without crawling. People may be thrown through the air.
Most unsecured furniture moves, and is more likely to topple over.
Wall tiles and windows are more likely to break and fall. Most unreinforced concrete-block walls collapse.
7
Most unsecured furniture moves and topples over, or may even be thrown through the air.
Wall tiles and windows are even more likely to break and fall. Reinforced concrete-block walls may collapse.
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●Wooden houses
Seismic intensity
Wooden houses
High earthquake resistance Low earthquake resistance
5 Lower - Slight cracks may form in walls.
5 Upper - Cracks may form in walls.
6 Lower Slight cracks may form in walls.
Cracks are more likely to form in walls. Large cracks may form in walls. Tiles may fall, and buildings may lean or collapse.
6 Upper Crazing or cracks may be seen in walls. Large cracks are more likely to form in walls. Buildings are more likely to lean or collapse.
7 Cracks are more likely to form in walls. Buildings may lean in some cases.
Buildings are even more likely to lean or collapse.
Notes: (1) Wooden houses are classified into two categories according to their earthquake resistance, which tends to be higher for newer
foundations. Earthquake resistance tends to be low for structures built up to 1981, and high for those built since 1982. However, to maintain a certain range of earthquake resistance according to differences in structure and wall arrangement, resistance is not necessarily determined only by foundation age. The earthquake resistance of existing buildings can be ascertained through quakeproofing diagnosis.
(2) The walls in this table are assumed to be made of mud and/or mortar. Mortar in a wall with a weak base can easily break off and fall, even under conditions of low deformation.
(3) Damage to wooden houses depends on the period and duration of seismic waves. In some cases (such as the Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake of 2008), few buildings sustain damage in relation to the level of seismic intensity observed.
●Reinforced-concrete buildings
Seismic intensity
Reinforced-concrete buildings
High earthquake resistance Low earthquake resistance
5 Upper - Cracks may form in walls, crossbeams and pillars.
6 Lower Cracks may form in walls, crossbeams and pillars.
Cracks are more likely to form in walls, crossbeams and pillars.
6 Upper Cracks are more likely to form in walls, crossbeams and pillars.
Slippage and X-shaped cracks may be seen in walls, crossbeams and pillars. Pillars at ground level or intermediate floors may disintegrate, and buildings may collapse.
7
Cracks are even more likely to form in walls, crossbeams and pillars. Ground level or intermediate floors may sustain significant damage. Buildings may lean in some cases.
Slippage and X-shaped cracks are more likely to be seen in walls, crossbeams and pillars. Pillars at ground level or on intermediate floors crumble are more likely to disintegrate, and buildings are more likely to collapse.
Notes: (1) Earthquake resistance tends to be higher for newer foundations. The value tends to be low for structures built up to 1981,
and high for those built since 1982. However, to maintain a certain range of earthquake resistance according to differences in structure and 2D/3D arrangement of reinforced walls, resistance is not necessarily determined only by foundation age. The earthquake resistance of existing buildings can be ascertained through quakeproofing diagnosis.
(2) Slight cracks may form in reinforced-concrete buildings without their core structure being affected.
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●Situation of ground and slopes, etc. Seismic
intensity Situation of ground Situation of slopes, etc.
5 Lower Small cracks*1 may form and liquefaction*2 may occur.
Rock falls and landslips may occur. 5 Upper
6 Lower Cracks may form. Landslips and landslides may occur.
6 Upper Large cracks may form.
Landslips are more likely to occur; large landslides and massif collapses may be seen.*3 7
Notes: *1 A crack is the same phenomenon as a fissure, but the expression is used here to refer to a small fissure or opening in the
ground. *2 Liquefaction may be seen in areas with a high groundwater level and loose sand deposits. Damage observed as a result of
liquefaction includes spouts of muddy water from the ground, outbreaks of subsidence in riverbanks and quays, elevation of sewage pipes and manholes, and leaning or destruction of building foundations.
*3 When large landslides and massif collapse occurs, dams may form depending on geographical features, and debris flow may occur due to the large quantities of sediment produced.
●Influence on utilities and infrastructure, etc. Suspension of gas supply In the event of shaking with a seismic intensity of about 5 Lower or more, gas
meters with safety devices are tripped, stopping the supply of gas. In the event of stronger shaking, the gas may stop for entire local blocks.*
Suspension of water supply, electrical blackouts
Suspension of water supply and electrical blackouts may occur in regions experiencing shaking with a seismic intensity of about 5 Lower or more.*
Suspension of railroad services, regulation of highways, etc.
In the event of shaking with a seismic intensity of about 4 or more, services on railroads or highways may be stopped for safety confirmation. Speed control and traffic regulations are performed according the judgment of the relevant bodies. (Standards for safety confirmation differ by organization and area).
Disruption to lines of communication such as telephones
In the event of an earthquake, communication network congestion may occur due to increased calls related to safety confirmation and inquiries around regions experiencing strong shaking. To combat this, telecommunications providers offer Disaster Emergency Message Dial and Message Board services if a disaster such as an earthquake with a seismic intensity of about 6 Lower or greater occurs.
Suspension of elevator service
In the event of shaking with a seismic intensity of about 5 Lower or more, elevators with earthquake control devices will stop automatically for safety reasons. Resumption of service may be delayed until safety is confirmed.
*In the event of shaking with a seismic intensity of 6 Upper or more, gas, water, and electric supplies may stop over wide areas.
●Effect on large-scale structures
Shaking of skyscrapers from long-period ground motion*
Due to their longer characteristic period, skyscrapers react less to earthquakes than general reinforced-concrete buildings, which have a shorter characteristic period. However, they exhibit slow shaking over a long time in response to long-period ground motion. If motion is strong, poorly fixed office appliances may move significantly, and people may have to hold onto stable objects to maintain their position.
Sloshing of oil tanks Sloshing of oil tanks occurs in response to long-period ground motion. As a result, oil outflows or fires may occur.
Damage or collapse of ceilings etc. at institutions covering large spaces
In institutions covering large spaces such as gymnasiums or indoor pools, ceilings may shake significantly and sustain damage or collapse, even in cases where ground motion is not severe enough to cause other structural damage.
*Occasionally, when a large earthquake occurs, long-period seismic waves reach locations far from the hypocenter; such waves may be amplified over plains depending on the characteristic period of the ground, thus extending their duration. Source: Japan Meteorological Agency
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Fig. A-59 Emergency Warning Issuance Criteria ■Criteria for Meteorological Emergency Warnings
Phenomenon Criteria
Heavy rain
Heavy rainfall with a level of intensity observed only once every few decades is predicted in association with a typhoon or similar. Or: Heavy rainfall is predicted in association with a typhoon expected to have a level of intensity observed only once every few decades or an extratropical cyclone with comparable intensity.
Storm A storm is predicted… …in association with a typhoon expected to have a level of intensity observed only once every few decades or an extratropical cyclone with comparable intensity.
Storm surge A storm surge is predicted…
High waves High waves are predicted…
Snowstorm A snowstorm is predicted in association with an extratropical cyclone expected to have a level of intensity observed only once every few decades.
Heavy snow Heavy snowfall with a level of intensity observed only once every few decades is predicted.
■Emergency Warning Criteria for Tsunami, Volcanic eruptions, and Earthquake
Phenomenon Criteria
Tsunami Tsunami height is expected to be greater than 3 meters. (Major Tsunami Warnings are issued in the classification of Emergency Warnings.)
Volcanic eruption
Eruption or possibility of eruption that may cause serious damage in residential areas and non-residential areas nearer the crater. (Volcanic Warning (Level 4 and 5) and Volcanic Warning (residential areas)* are issued in the classification of Emergency Warnings.)
Earthquake Seismic intensity of 6-lower or more is expected. (Earthquake Early Warnings incorporating prediction of tremors measuring 6-lower or more on JMA’s seismic intensity scale are issued in the classification of Emergency Warnings.)
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency
Fig. A-59
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Fig. A-60 Evacuation Information Using Five Warning Levels of Warning (Flood and Landslide Disasters)
Fig. A-60
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List of Acronyms
ACDR Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction ADRC Asian Disaster Reduction Center AMCDRR Asia Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ASAP as soon as possible BCM Business Continuity Management BCP Business Continuity Plan DOE Department of Energy DRR Disaster Risk Reduction ECCS emergency core cooling system EMWG Emergency Management Working Group EPReSC Emergency Preparedness and Response Standards Committee ERC Emergency Response Center FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency HA/DR humanitarian assistance and disaster relief IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency ICHARM International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management ICT information and communication technology IRP International Recovery Platform ISO International Organization for Standardization ISUT Information Support Team JANDR Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction JBP Japan Bosai Platform JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency JIS Japanese Industrial Standards JMA Japan Meteorological Agency JVOAD Japan Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries MEXT Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology MHLW Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare MIC Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications MLIT Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism MOC Memorandum of Cooperation NIED National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience NPO Non-Profit Organization NRA Nuclear Regulation Authority NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission OECD/NEA Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OEIWG Open-Ended Intergovernmental Expert Working Group PAZ Precautionary Action Zone SCJ Science Council of Japan SDF Self-Defense Forces SDGs Sustainable Development Goals SDMOF Senior Disaster Management Officials Forum SFDRR Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 SIP4D Shared Information Platform for Disaster Management SMEs Small and Medium-sized Enterprises SRSG Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General TEC-FORCE Technical Emergency Control FORCE TMG Tokyo Metropolitan Government UNISDR United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction UPZ Urgent Protective Action Planning Zone VC volunteer center